Thread (37 messages) 37 messages, 7 authors, 2016-07-21

Re: [PATCH] mm: Add is_migrate_cma_page

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2016-07-19 22:40:52
Also in: linux-arm-kernel, linux-mm, linuxppc-dev, lkml, sparclinux

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Laura Abbott [off-list ref] wrote:
Code such as hardened user copy[1] needs a way to tell if a
page is CMA or not. Add is_migrate_cma_page in a similar way
to is_migrate_isolate_page.

[1]http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mm/155238

Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <redacted>
Great, thanks!
---
Here's an explicit patch, slightly different than what I posted before. It can
be kept separate or folded in as needed.
Assuming there's no objection, I'll add it to my tree and use the new macro.

-Kees
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---
 include/linux/mmzone.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 02069c2..c8478b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ extern char * const migratetype_names[MIGRATE_TYPES];

 #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
 #  define is_migrate_cma(migratetype) unlikely((migratetype) == MIGRATE_CMA)
+#  define is_migrate_cma_page(_page) (get_pageblock_migratetype(_page) == MIGRATE_CMA)
 #else
 #  define is_migrate_cma(migratetype) false
+#  define is_migrate_cma_page(_page) false
 #endif

 #define for_each_migratetype_order(order, type) \
--
2.7.4


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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