[PATCH 06/19] x86, mpx: Restrict mmap size check to bounds tables

[Dave Hansen]

From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The comment and code here are confusing.  We do not currently
allocate the bounds directory in the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/x86/mm/mpx.c~x86-mpx-we-do-not-allocate-the-bounds-directory arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c~x86-mpx-we-do-not-allocate-the-bounds-directory	2015-05-18 17:48:59.952468669 -0700
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c	2015-05-18 17:48:59.955468804 -0700
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ static unsigned long mpx_mmap(unsigned l
 	vm_flags_t vm_flags;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
-	/* Only bounds table and bounds directory can be allocated here */
-	if (len != MPX_BD_SIZE_BYTES && len != MPX_BT_SIZE_BYTES)
+	/* Only bounds table can be allocated here */
+	if (len != MPX_BT_SIZE_BYTES)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
_
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