Thread (112 messages) 112 messages, 9 authors, 2016-05-29
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[PATCH kexec-tools 18/32] arm: report if crash kernel is out of bounds

From: linux@armlinux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
Date: 2016-05-27 13:36:25
Also in: kexec

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 04:57:47PM +0530, Pratyush Anand wrote:
On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Russell King [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
diff --git a/kexec/arch/arm/crashdump-arm.h b/kexec/arch/arm/crashdump-arm.h
index 2dbde04..7314960 100644
--- a/kexec/arch/arm/crashdump-arm.h
+++ b/kexec/arch/arm/crashdump-arm.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define DEFAULT_PAGE_OFFSET            (0xc0000000)
 #define KVBASE_MASK    (0x1ffffff)
 #define CRASH_MAX_MEMORY_RANGES        32
+#define ARM_MAX_VIRTUAL                UINT32_MAX
If I see a kernel code then a virtual address is always defined as
unsigned long. So, shouldn't we use ULONG_MAX instead?
What is the definition of ULONG_MAX?  The maximum unsigned value that
can fit in an unsigned long quantity.

While unsigned long _may_ be 32-bit, it's a very round-about way to
say "the maximum virtual address is the maximum unsigned 32-bit value".
Hence why I'm using UINT32_MAX here - it's a tighter and accurate
macro for what we're wanting.

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