Re: [tip:perf/core] x86, 64-bit: Fix copy_[to/from]_user() checksfor the userspace address limit

[Ingo Molnar]

* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM, tip-bot for Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > As reported in BZ #30352:
> >
> >  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30352
> >
> > there's a kernel bug related to reading the last allowed page on x86_64.
> 
> Btw, I think this message is very misleading.
> 
> It has nothing what-so-ever to do with "the last allowed page".

Yeah, i noticed that and this is why i added this bit from Brian's explanation 
to the end of the commit:

    The bug is that the last byte before the guard page can't be read
    because of the off-by-one error. The guard page is left in place.

I should have fixed the original changelog instead of trying to clarify it via 
appending it ...

Thanks,

	Ingo
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