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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2010-04-26 16:08:27 +0900
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2010-04-26 16:08:27 +0900
commite19553427c2e8fdb04fdd98e407164bb59a840ba (patch)
tree5332234b2dad07c03c27e4608afb16f297f41e61 /mm/util.c
parent35f6cd4a06432034665a1499ca4b022437423aac (diff)
parent83515bc7df812555e20cda48614674e2f346f9f5 (diff)
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Merge branch 'sh/stable-updates'
Conflicts: arch/sh/kernel/dwarf.c drivers/dma/shdma.c Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/util.c21
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 834db7b..f5712e8 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -186,6 +186,27 @@ void kzfree(const void *p)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kzfree);
+int kern_ptr_validate(const void *ptr, unsigned long size)
+{
+ unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)ptr;
+ unsigned long min_addr = PAGE_OFFSET;
+ unsigned long align_mask = sizeof(void *) - 1;
+
+ if (unlikely(addr < min_addr))
+ goto out;
+ if (unlikely(addr > (unsigned long)high_memory - size))
+ goto out;
+ if (unlikely(addr & align_mask))
+ goto out;
+ if (unlikely(!kern_addr_valid(addr)))
+ goto out;
+ if (unlikely(!kern_addr_valid(addr + size - 1)))
+ goto out;
+ return 1;
+out:
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* strndup_user - duplicate an existing string from user space
* @s: The string to duplicate
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