Re: [PATCH] nommu: remap_pfn_range: fix addr parameter check

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> Yes, the MMU version of remap_pfn_range() does permit non-page-aligned
> `addr' (at least, if the userspace maaping is a non-COW one).  But I
> suspect that was an implementation accident - it is a nonsensical thing
> to do, isn't it?  The MMU cannot map a bunch of kernel pages onto a
> non-page-aligned userspace address.
>
> So I'm thinking that we should declare ((addr & ~PAGE_MASK) != 0) to be
> a caller bug, and fix up this regrettably unidentified v4l driver?

I agree. This should be fixed in videobuf.

Hi sharma, what's your kernel version? It seems videobuf2 already
fixed this bug in 3.5.
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