On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 05:01:50PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> @@ -198,11 +199,14 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct fi
> /* requesting a specific address */
> if (addr) {
> addr = PAGE_ALIGN(addr);
> + if (!mmap_address_hint_valid(addr, len))
> + goto get_unmapped_area;
> +Here and in hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(), we should align the addr after the check, not before. Otherwise the alignment itself can bring us over the borderline as we align up. -- Kirill A. Shutemov

