Re: [PATCH] mm: tidy up follow_hugetlb_page() and get_user_pages()

From: Eugene Teo
Date: Tue Feb 12 2008 - 03:03:18 EST


<quote sender="Andrew Morton">
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:28:40 +0800 Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This patch extends Jonathan Corbet's patch to avoid buffer overflows in
> > get_user_pages(). It cleans up follow_hugetlb_page(), and get_user_pages() so
> > that it is easier to read. It also makes sure that len and vma are validated.
>
> We'd prefer that the functional change not be bundled with a (large) cleanup, please.

Ok. I will split them up, and resend.

Thanks,
Eugene
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