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From: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: tidy up follow_hugetlb_page() and get_user_pages()
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:00:53 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080212080053.GA12805@kernel.sg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080211234720.972574ea.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

<quote sender="Andrew Morton">
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:28:40 +0800 Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg> wrote:
> 
> > This patch extends Jonathan Corbet's patch to avoid buffer overflows in
> > get_user_pages(). It cleans up follow_hugetlb_page(), and get_user_pages() so
> > that it is easier to read. It also makes sure that len and vma are validated.
> 
> We'd prefer that the functional change not be bundled with a (large) cleanup, please.

Ok. I will split them up, and resend.

Thanks,
Eugene

  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-12  8:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-12  5:28 [PATCH] mm: tidy up follow_hugetlb_page() and get_user_pages() Eugene Teo
2008-02-12  7:47 ` Andrew Morton
2008-02-12  8:00   ` Eugene Teo [this message]
2008-02-12  7:48 ` Eugene Teo

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