Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:57:04 -0800 | From | Olav Haugan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] staging: zsmalloc: Ensure handle is never 0 on success |
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On 11/6/2013 7:06 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 04:00:02PM -0800, Olav Haugan wrote: >> On 11/5/2013 5:56 PM, Greg KH wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 04:54:12PM -0800, Olav Haugan wrote: >>>> zsmalloc encodes a handle using the page pfn and an object >>>> index. On some hardware platforms the pfn could be 0 and this >>>> causes the encoded handle to be 0 which is interpreted as an >>>> allocation failure. >>> >>> What platforms specifically have this issue? >> >> Currently some of Qualcomm SoC's have physical memory that starts at >> address 0x0 which causes this problem. > > Then say this, and list the exact SoC's that can have this problem so > people know how to evaluate the bugfix and see if it is relevant for > their systems. > >> I believe this could be a problem >> on any platforms if memory is configured to be starting at physical >> address 0x0 for these platforms. > > Have you seen this be a problem? So it's just a theoretical issue at > this point in time?
Yes, I can consistently reproduce it. It is not just theoretical.
Thanks,
Olav Haugan
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