Re: mips64 _access_ok fix

[Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>]

>>>>> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:43:50 +0900 (JST), Atsushi Nemoto 
>>>>> <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> said:
anemo> The mips64 _access_ok macro in 2.4 tree returns 0 if 'addr' +
anemo> 'size' == TASK_SIZE.

anemo> Also, __ua_size macro returus 0 if 'size' is negative constant.
anemo> I think we must not skip checking negative constant.

anemo> Here is a fix.  For 2.6 tree, only _access_ok fix will be
anemo> needed (__ua_size is already fixed).

I know this fix is not complete.  __access_ok(0, 0, __access_mask)
will return 0.

I could not find out good expression (i.e. no conditional branch) to
handle this case.

I suppose nobody do take care of this since addr 0 is invalid pointer
anyway.

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Atsushi Nemoto