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Re: [PATCH] mm/nommu.c - return 0 from kobjsize with invalid objects

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From: David Howells
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/nommu.c - return 0 from kobjsize with invalid objects
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 2:35 pm

Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> wrote:


You should probably do the additional test before calling virt_to_page(), just
in case the illegal value you've rejected would otherwise break virt_to_page()
(not very likely, but...).  For valid addresses, you've got to do all the
tests anyway.

David
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[PATCH] mm/nommu.c - return 0 from kobjsize with invalid o ..., Robin Getz, (Tue Apr 22, 10:56 am)
Re: [PATCH] mm/nommu.c - return 0 from kobjsize with inval ..., David Howells, (Tue Apr 22, 2:35 pm)
Re: [PATCH] mm/nommu.c - return 0 from kobjsize with inval ..., Robin Getz, (Wed Apr 23, 11:58 am)
Re: [PATCH] mm/nommu.c - return 0 from kobjsize with inval ..., David Howells, (Thu Apr 24, 4:28 am)