From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/binfmt_elf.c: make BAD_ADDR() unlikely If some mapping goes past TASK_SIZE it will be rejected by kernel which means no such userspace binaries exist. Mark every such check as unlikely. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191215124355.GA21124@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~elf-make-bad_addr-unlikely +++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static struct linux_binfmt elf_format = .min_coredump = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE, }; -#define BAD_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE) +#define BAD_ADDR(x) (unlikely((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE)) static int set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int prot) { _
