| Date | Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:25:16 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] x86/kaslr: Simplify __process_mem_region |
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 07:07:58PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote: > Get rid of unnecessary temporary variables and redundant tests in > __process_mem_region. > > Fix one minor bug: in case of an overlap, the beginning of the region > should be used even if it is exactly image_size, not just strictly > larger. > > Change type of minimum/image_size arguments in process_mem_region to > unsigned long. These actually can never be above 4G (even on x86_64), > and they're unsigned long in every other function except this one. > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Please split this up (which I think is already planned):
- bug fix (which looks like a correct fix to me) - arg type size changes - refactoring
I don't currently agree that the refactoring makes things easier to read, but let's see v3. :)
-- Kees Cook
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