Re: [PATCH] mm: mmap system call does not return EOVERFLOW

[KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com>]

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S:
> ...
>  194         .long sys_mmap_pgoff
> ...
>
> mm/mmap.c:
> 1080 SYSCALL_DEFINE6(mmap_pgoff, unsigned long, addr, unsigned long, len,
> 1081                 unsigned long, prot, unsigned long, flags,
> 1082                 unsigned long, fd, unsigned long, pgoff)
> ...
> 1111         down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> 1112         retval = do_mmap_pgoff(file, addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff);
> 1113         up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>> value. We have
>> no reason to make artificial limit. Why don't you meke a overflow
>> check in sys_mmap()?
>
> I consider it is better to make an overflow check in do_mmap_pgoff.
> There are two reasons:
>
> 1. If we make an overflow check in the entrance of system call, we
>   have to check in sys_mmap for x86_64 and in sys_mmap_pgoff for
>   x86. It means that we have to check for each architecture
>   individually. Therefore, it is more effective to make an
>   overflow check in do_mmap_pgoff because both sys_mmap and
>   sys_mmap_pgoff call do_mmap_pgoff.

arch/x86/include/asm/posix_types_32.h
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typedef long            __kernel_off_t;


So, your patch introduce 2GB limitation to 32bit arch. It makes no sense.



> 2. Because the argument "offset" of sys_mmap is a multiple
>   of the page size(otherwise, EINVAL is returned.), no information
>   is lost after shifting right by PAGE_SHIFT bits. Therefore
>   to make an overflow check in do_mmap_pgoff is equivalent
>   to check in sys_mmap.

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