We have already checked whether maxnode is a page worth of bits, by: maxnode > PAGE_SIZE*BITS_PER_BYTE So no need to check it once more. Signed-off-by: Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mempolicy.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c index 613e9d0..3b51bb3 100644 --- a/mm/mempolicy.c +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c @@ -1280,8 +1280,6 @@ static int get_nodes(nodemask_t *nodes, const unsigned long __user *nmask, /* When the user specified more nodes than supported just check if the non supported part is all zero. */ if (nlongs > BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_NUMNODES)) { - if (nlongs > PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(long)) - return -EINVAL; for (k = BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_NUMNODES); k < nlongs; k++) { unsigned long t; if (get_user(t, nmask + k)) -- 1.7.12.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>