* [PATCH] NOMMU: Use find_vma() rather than reimplementing a VMA search
@ 2006-08-31 17:27 David Howells
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From: David Howells @ 2006-08-31 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: torvalds, akpm; +Cc: linux-kernel, uclinux-dev, dhowells
From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Use find_vma() in the NOMMU version of access_process_vm() rather than
reimplementing it.
Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
mm/nommu.c | 11 +++--------
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 663ec1c..51e17b9 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ unsigned long do_mremap(unsigned long ad
/*
* Look up the first VMA which satisfies addr < vm_end, NULL if none
+ * - should be called with mm->mmap_sem at least readlocked
*/
struct vm_area_struct *find_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
{
@@ -1213,7 +1214,6 @@ struct page *filemap_nopage(struct vm_ar
*/
int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write)
{
- struct vm_list_struct *vml;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
struct mm_struct *mm;
@@ -1227,13 +1227,8 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
/* the access must start within one of the target process's mappings */
- for (vml = mm->context.vmlist; vml; vml = vml->next)
- if (addr >= vml->vma->vm_start && addr < vml->vma->vm_end)
- break;
-
- if (vml) {
- vma = vml->vma;
-
+ vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
+ if (vma) {
/* don't overrun this mapping */
if (addr + len >= vma->vm_end)
len = vma->vm_end - addr;
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