The patch titled
Subject: mremap: check for overflow using deltas
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mremap-check-for-overflow-using-deltas.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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From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mremap: check for overflow using deltas
Using "- 1" relies on the old_end to be page aligned and PAGE_SIZE > 1,
those are reasonable requirements but the check remains obscure and it
looks more like an off by one error than an overflow check. This I feel
will improve readability.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mremap.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/mremap.c~mremap-check-for-overflow-using-deltas mm/mremap.c
--- a/mm/mremap.c~mremap-check-for-overflow-using-deltas
+++ a/mm/mremap.c
@@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm
for (; old_addr < old_end; old_addr += extent, new_addr += extent) {
cond_resched();
next = (old_addr + PMD_SIZE) & PMD_MASK;
- if (next - 1 > old_end)
- next = old_end;
+ /* even if next overflowed, extent below will be ok */
extent = next - old_addr;
+ if (extent > old_end - old_addr)
+ extent = old_end - old_addr;
old_pmd = get_old_pmd(vma->vm_mm, old_addr);
if (!old_pmd)
continue;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
thp-tail-page-refcounting-fix-5.patch
powerpc-remove-superfluous-pagetail-checks-on-the-pte-gup_fast.patch
powerpc-get_hugepte-dont-put_page-the-wrong-page.patch
powerpc-gup_hugepte-avoid-to-free-the-head-page-too-many-times.patch
powerpc-gup_hugepte-support-thp-based-tail-recounting.patch
powerpc-gup_huge_pmd-return-0-if-pte-changes.patch
s390-gup_huge_pmd-support-thp-tail-recounting.patch
s390-gup_huge_pmd-return-0-if-pte-changes.patch
sparc-gup_pte_range-support-thp-based-tail-recounting.patch
thp-share-get_huge_page_tail.patch
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