From: Dave Hansen <[email protected]> This code matches a fault condition up with the VMA and ensures that the VMA allows the fault to be handled instead of just erroring out.
We will be extending this in a moment to comprehend protection keys. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <[email protected]> --- b/mm/gup.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/gup.c~pkeys-10-pte-fault mm/gup.c --- a/mm/gup.c~pkeys-10-pte-fault 2015-11-16 12:35:43.275532100 -0800 +++ b/mm/gup.c 2015-11-16 12:35:43.279532282 -0800 @@ -557,6 +557,17 @@ next_page: } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__get_user_pages); +bool vma_permits_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned int fault_flags) +{ + vm_flags_t vm_flags = + (fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) ? VM_WRITE : VM_READ; + + if (!(vm_flags & vma->vm_flags)) + return false; + + return true; +} + /* * fixup_user_fault() - manually resolve a user page fault * @tsk: the task_struct to use for page fault accounting, or @@ -588,15 +599,13 @@ int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct unsigned long address, unsigned int fault_flags) { struct vm_area_struct *vma; - vm_flags_t vm_flags; int ret; vma = find_extend_vma(mm, address); if (!vma || address < vma->vm_start) return -EFAULT; - vm_flags = (fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) ? VM_WRITE : VM_READ; - if (!(vm_flags & vma->vm_flags)) + if (!vma_permits_fault(vma, fault_flags)) return -EFAULT; ret = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, fault_flags); _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
