The patch titled Subject: ipc: clamp with min() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipc-clamp-with-min.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc: clamp with min() Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/msgutil.c | 30 ++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/msgutil.c~ipc-clamp-with-min ipc/msgutil.c --- a/ipc/msgutil.c~ipc-clamp-with-min +++ a/ipc/msgutil.c @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ struct msg_msgseg { /* the next part of the message follows immediately */ }; -#define DATALEN_MSG (PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct msg_msg)) -#define DATALEN_SEG (PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct msg_msgseg)) +#define DATALEN_MSG (int)(PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct msg_msg)) +#define DATALEN_SEG (int)(PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct msg_msgseg)) struct msg_msg *load_msg(const void __user *src, int len) { @@ -51,10 +51,7 @@ struct msg_msg *load_msg(const void __us int err; int alen; - alen = len; - if (alen > DATALEN_MSG) - alen = DATALEN_MSG; - + alen = min(len, DATALEN_MSG); msg = kmalloc(sizeof(*msg) + alen, GFP_KERNEL); if (msg == NULL) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); @@ -72,9 +69,7 @@ struct msg_msg *load_msg(const void __us pseg = &msg->next; while (len > 0) { struct msg_msgseg *seg; - alen = len; - if (alen > DATALEN_SEG) - alen = DATALEN_SEG; + alen = min(len, DATALEN_SEG); seg = kmalloc(sizeof(*seg) + alen, GFP_KERNEL); if (seg == NULL) { @@ -113,19 +108,14 @@ struct msg_msg *copy_msg(struct msg_msg if (src->m_ts > dst->m_ts) return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); - alen = len; - if (alen > DATALEN_MSG) - alen = DATALEN_MSG; - + alen = min(len, DATALEN_MSG); memcpy(dst + 1, src + 1, alen); len -= alen; dst_pseg = dst->next; src_pseg = src->next; while (len > 0) { - alen = len; - if (alen > DATALEN_SEG) - alen = DATALEN_SEG; + alen = min(len, DATALEN_SEG); memcpy(dst_pseg + 1, src_pseg + 1, alen); dst_pseg = dst_pseg->next; len -= alen; @@ -148,9 +138,7 @@ int store_msg(void __user *dest, struct int alen; struct msg_msgseg *seg; - alen = len; - if (alen > DATALEN_MSG) - alen = DATALEN_MSG; + alen = min(len, DATALEN_MSG); if (copy_to_user(dest, msg + 1, alen)) return -1; @@ -158,9 +146,7 @@ int store_msg(void __user *dest, struct dest = ((char __user *)dest) + alen; seg = msg->next; while (len > 0) { - alen = len; - if (alen > DATALEN_SEG) - alen = DATALEN_SEG; + alen = min(len, DATALEN_SEG); if (copy_to_user(dest, seg + 1, alen)) return -1; len -= alen; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch ipc-fix-potential-oops-when-src-msg-4k-w-msg_copy.patch ipc-dont-allocate-a-copy-larger-than-max.patch ipc-clamp-with-min.patch ipc-separate-msg-allocation-from-userspace-copy.patch ipc-tighten-msg-copy-loops.patch ipc-set-efault-as-default-error-in-load_msg.patch ipc-remove-msg-handling-from-queue-scan.patch ipc-implement-msg_copy-as-a-new-receive-mode.patch ipc-simplify-msg-list-search.patch ipc-refactor-msg-list-search-into-separate-function.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html