Re: Commit 25f12ae45fc1 ("maccess: rename probe_kernel_address to get_kernel_nofault") causing several OOPSes

From: Kenneth R. Crudup
Date: Fri Jun 19 2020 - 03:45:14 EST



On Fri, 19 Jun 2020, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> Just to re-reconfirm, you had to
> revert "maccess: rename probe_kernel_address to get_kernel_nofault",
> "maccess: make get_kernel_nofault() check for minimal type compatibility"
> wasn't enough?

Yeah. the bisect turned up the commit in the subject: and reverting it
(only) stopped the crashes. This was this afternoon's (US PST) Linus' master.

> Below is a patch to do a "partial revert" for probe_roms.c.

I'll give it a shot later, thanks.

-Kenny

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Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Orange County CA