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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/6] freepgt2: sys_mincore ignore FIRST_USER_PGD_NR
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Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> wrote:

>
> Remove use of FIRST_USER_PGD_NR from sys_mincore: it's inconsistent (no
> other syscall refers to it), unnecessary (sys_mincore loops over vmas
> further down) and incorrect (misses user addresses in ARM's first pgd).

You should make it use FIRST_USER_ADDRESS instead. This check allows NULL
pointers and suchlike to be weeded out before having to take the semaphore.

Also, just because no other syscall refers to such a value doesn't mean that
this one shouldn't and that others shouldn't.

David
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