Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] x86/kaslr: Simplify __process_mem_region

From: Arvind Sankar
Date: Tue Jul 28 2020 - 15:42:11 EST


On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 12:25:16PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 07:07:58PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> > Get rid of unnecessary temporary variables and redundant tests in
> > __process_mem_region.
> >
> > Fix one minor bug: in case of an overlap, the beginning of the region
> > should be used even if it is exactly image_size, not just strictly
> > larger.
> >
> > Change type of minimum/image_size arguments in process_mem_region to
> > unsigned long. These actually can never be above 4G (even on x86_64),
> > and they're unsigned long in every other function except this one.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Please split this up (which I think is already planned):
>
> - bug fix (which looks like a correct fix to me)
> - arg type size changes
> - refactoring
>
> I don't currently agree that the refactoring makes things easier to
> read, but let's see v3. :)
>
> --
> Kees Cook

Yep