Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: add phys addr validity check for /dev/mem mmap

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 08/14/2014 09:36 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Thanks for dredging this back up!
> 
> On 08/14/2014 07:18 AM, Frantisek Hrbata wrote:
>> +int valid_phys_addr_range(phys_addr_t addr, size_t count)
>> +{
>> +	return addr + count <= __pa(high_memory);
>> +}
> 
> Is this correct on 32-bit?  It would limit /dev/mem to memory below 896MB.
> 

Last I checked, /dev/mem was already broken for highmem... which is
actually a problem.  I would prefer to see it fixed.

	-hpa

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