Re: [PATCH] elf: don't hash userspace addresses
From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Sat May 05 2018 - 09:25:02 EST
Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 09:31:50AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 ++--
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> > > +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> > > @@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ static unsigned long elf_map(struct file *filep, unsigned long addr,
> > >
> > > if ((type & MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE) &&
> > > PTR_ERR((void *)map_addr) == -EEXIST)
> > > - pr_info("%d (%s): Uhuuh, elf segment at %px requested but the memory is mapped already\n",
> > > - task_pid_nr(current), current->comm, (void *)addr);
> > > + pr_info("%d (%s): Uhuuh, elf segment at %lx requested but the memory is mapped already\n",
> > > + task_pid_nr(current), current->comm, addr);
> >
> > "%px" does not hash. For what reason you replace %px with %lx ?
>
> Duh. There is no reason to use non-standard %px.
>
See the comment for pointer() function in lib/vsprintf.c .
In Linux kernel world, various extension for %p is supported.