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Date:   Fri, 10 May 2019 19:41:34 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: Do not break early boot with probing addresses
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On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 12:24:01PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2019 10:42:13 +0200
> Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
> 
> >  static const char *check_pointer_msg(const void *ptr)
> >  {
> > -	char byte;
> > -
> >  	if (!ptr)
> >  		return "(null)";
> >  
> > -	if (probe_kernel_address(ptr, byte))
> > +	if ((unsigned long)ptr < PAGE_SIZE || IS_ERR_VALUE(ptr))
> >  		return "(efault)";
> >  
> 
> 
> 	< PAGE_SIZE ?
> 
> do you mean: < TASK_SIZE ?

Original code used PAGE_SIZE. If it needs to be changed, that it might be a
separate explanation / patch.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko