Re: [PATCH 10/23] maccess: unify the probe kernel arch hooks

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed May 27 2020 - 20:55:52 EST


On Thu, 21 May 2020 17:22:48 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently architectures have to override every routine that probes
> kernel memory, which includes a pure read and strcpy, both in strict
> and not strict variants. Just provide a single arch hooks instead to
> make sure all architectures cover all the cases.

Fix a buildo.

--- a/arch/x86/mm/maccess.c~maccess-unify-the-probe-kernel-arch-hooks-fix
+++ a/arch/x86/mm/maccess.c
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ bool probe_kernel_read_allowed(const voi
{
if (!strict)
return true;
- return (unsigned long)vaddr >= TASK_SIZE_MAX;
+ return (unsigned long)unsafe_src >= TASK_SIZE_MAX;
}
#endif
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