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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>,
	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] kcore: fix test for end of list
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:31:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100322233113.f17d0e0c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100322120509.GC21571@bicker>

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:05:09 +0300 Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> wrote:

> "m" is never NULL here.  We need a different test for the end of list
> condition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> ---
> Found with a static checker and compile tested only.  Please review
> carefully.
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
> index a44a789..b442dac 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
> @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
>  		}
>  		read_unlock(&kclist_lock);
>  
> -		if (m == NULL) {
> +		if (&m->list == &kclist_head) {
>  			if (clear_user(buffer, tsz))
>  				return -EFAULT;
>  		} else if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr((void *)start)) {

hm, that code's been there for five years.  I wonder if it's actually necessary.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-03-23  6:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-22 12:05 [patch] kcore: fix test for end of list Dan Carpenter
2010-03-23  0:18 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-03-23  2:47   ` Américo Wang
2010-03-23  3:31 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2010-03-23  6:54   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2010-03-23  7:00   ` Américo Wang

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