Re: PATCH: was Re: mmap bug in 2.2.13 (or in documentation)

Alan Cox (alan@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk)
Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:25:35 +0000


> if (file) {
> - if (file->f_mode & 1)
> - vma->vm_flags |= VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC;
> + vma->vm_flags |= VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC;

You cannot go around allowing anyone to write to an mmapped file without having
it open for writing.

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