kernel mmap() and friends.

[linux-os]

Hello mem-map gurus,

If one uses x = __get_dma_pages(GFP_KERNEL, nr), finds the physical
address with b = virt_to_bus(x), then attempts to mmap(,,b,,,) the result
_does_not_fail_, yet the user ends up with memory ...somewhere....
that is R/W able and WRONG.

Yet, if the code executes SetPageReserved(virt_to_page(x)), the
mmap() works and the user gets the CORRECT page(s).

I think that if mmap() needs a physical buffer to be reserved
then that's fine. However, silently returning some different
buffer is a BUG.

Is anyone aware of this BUG? Does anybody else care?

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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