[PATCH v2 5/5] mremap: simplify the "overlap" check in mremap_to()

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Wed Jul 01 2015 - 19:05:07 EST


Minor, but this check is overcomplicated. Two half-intervals do NOT
overlap if END1 <= START2 || END2 <= START1, mremap_to() just needs
to negate this check.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mremap.c | 9 ++-------
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index d3f42be..5a71cce 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -407,13 +407,8 @@ static unsigned long mremap_to(unsigned long addr, unsigned long old_len,
if (new_len > TASK_SIZE || new_addr > TASK_SIZE - new_len)
goto out;

- /* Check if the location we're moving into overlaps the
- * old location at all, and fail if it does.
- */
- if ((new_addr <= addr) && (new_addr+new_len) > addr)
- goto out;
-
- if ((addr <= new_addr) && (addr+old_len) > new_addr)
+ /* Ensure the old/new locations do not overlap */
+ if (addr + old_len > new_addr && new_addr + new_len > addr)
goto out;

ret = do_munmap(mm, new_addr, new_len);
--
1.5.5.1

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