Re: [PATCH] pagewalk: don't pte_unmap(NULL) in walk_pte_range()

From: Johannes Weiner
Date: Wed Apr 09 2008 - 09:31:19 EST


Hi,

Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This is right isn't it?
> ---
> Don't pte_unmap a NULL pointer, but the previous.

Which NULL pointer?

> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/mm/pagewalk.c b/mm/pagewalk.c
> index 1cf1417..6615f0b 100644
> --- a/mm/pagewalk.c
> +++ b/mm/pagewalk.c
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static int walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
> break;
> } while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
>
> - pte_unmap(pte);
> + pte_unmap(pte - 1);
> return err;
> }

This does not make any sense to me.

Hannes
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