The patch titled
mm: fix possible off-by-one in walk_pte_range()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-fix-possible-off-by-one-in-walk_pte_range.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: mm: fix possible off-by-one in walk_pte_range()
From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
After the loop in walk_pte_range() pte might point to the first address after
the pmd it walks. The pte_unmap() is then applied to something bad.
Spotted by Roel Kluin and Andreas Schwab.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/pagewalk.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/pagewalk.c~mm-fix-possible-off-by-one-in-walk_pte_range mm/pagewalk.c
--- a/mm/pagewalk.c~mm-fix-possible-off-by-one-in-walk_pte_range
+++ a/mm/pagewalk.c
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ static int walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, un
int err = 0;
pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
- do {
+ for (;;) {
err = walk->pte_entry(pte, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE, private);
if (err)
break;
- } while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
+ addr += PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (addr == end)
+ break;
+ pte++;
+ }
pte_unmap(pte);
return err;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
git-mips.patch
parisc-remove-redundant-display-of-free-swap-space-in-show_mem.patch
git-xtensa.patch
add-warn_on_secs-macro-simplification.patch
add-warn_on_secs-macro-simplification-fix.patch
add-warn_on_secs-macro-simplification-fix-fix.patch
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