The patch titled
Subject: fix up for "iov_iter: transparently handle compat iovecs in import_iovec"
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch
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From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fix up for "iov_iter: transparently handle compat iovecs in import_iovec"
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200928212542.468e1fef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/madvise.c | 11 +----------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/madvise.c~mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix
+++ a/mm/madvise.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
*/
#include <linux/mman.h>
-#include <linux/compat.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
@@ -1189,15 +1188,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(process_madvise, int, pi
goto out;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
- if (in_compat_syscall())
- ret = compat_import_iovec(READ,
- (struct compat_iovec __user *)vec, vlen,
- ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
- else
-#endif
- ret = import_iovec(READ, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack),
- &iov, &iter);
+ ret = import_iovec(READ, vec, vlen, ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix.patch
mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch
mm-madvise-introduce-process_madvise-syscall-an-external-memory-hinting-api-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch
