On 07/09/2013 09:21 AM, Wedson Almeida Filho wrote: > On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote: >> >> Not correct. >> >>> while (start < end) { >>> - size_t mid = start + (end - start) / 2; >>> + size_t mid = (start + end) / 2; >> >> size_t start = 0x80000000; >> size_t end = 0x80000001; > > Good point, they aren't equivalent in all cases. > > For the overflow to happen though, we need an array with at least > N/2+1 entries, where N is the address space size. The array wouldn't > fit in addressable memory if the element size is greater than 1, so > this can only really happen when the element size is 1. Even then, it > would require the kernel range to be greater than half of all > addressable memory, and allow an allocation taking that much memory. I > don't know all architectures where linux runs, but I don't think such > configuration is likely to exist. >
It does. In ARC port (arch/arc), the untranslated address space starts at 0x8000_0000 and this is where kernel is linked at. So all ARC kernel addresses (code/data) lie in that range. This means you don't need special corner case for this trip on ARC - it will break rightaway - unless I'm missing something. P.S. Sorry for not replying earlier than ur v2. -Vineet -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/