[PATCH 1/9] x86, fault: Use TASK_SIZE_MAX in is_prefetch

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Wed Mar 18 2015 - 21:36:15 EST


This is slightly shorter and slightly faster. It's also more
correct: the split between user and kernel addresses is
TASK_SIZE_MAX regardless of ti->flags.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index ede025fb46f1..ae340d3761ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ is_prefetch(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, unsigned long addr)
instr = (void *)convert_ip_to_linear(current, regs);
max_instr = instr + 15;

- if (user_mode(regs) && instr >= (unsigned char *)TASK_SIZE)
+ if (user_mode(regs) && instr >= (unsigned char *)TASK_SIZE_MAX)
return 0;

while (instr < max_instr) {
--
2.3.0

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