When checking for overflow, the code in mm/mmap.c compares the first byte *after* the end of mapped region to the start of the region instead of the last byte of the mapped region. This prevents mapping a region which abuts the end of physical space, as mmap() incorrectly rejects the region with -EOVERFLOW, because pgoff + (len >> PAGE_SHIFT) will be 0, which is < pgoff. -reese
Reese Faucette Cisco Systems, Inc. ==================================================== --- mm/mmap.c +++ mm/mmap.c @@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ return -ENOMEM; /* offset overflow? */ - if ((pgoff + (len >> PAGE_SHIFT)) < pgoff) + if ((pgoff + (len >> PAGE_SHIFT) - 1) < pgoff) return -EOVERFLOW; /* Too many mappings? */ -- 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/