Re: [PATCH v19 2/5] fs/proc/task_mmu: Implement IOCTL to get and optionally clear info about PTEs

[Muhammad Usama Anjum]

On 6/21/23 6:29 PM, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 at 08:35, Muhammad Usama Anjum
> <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 6/20/23 11:03 PM, Andrei Vagin wrote:
>> ...
>>>> +struct pagemap_scan_private {
>>>> +    struct page_region *vec_buf, cur_buf;
>>>> +    unsigned long long vec_buf_len, vec_buf_index, max_pages, found_pages, flags;
>>>
>>> should it be just unsigned long?
>> These internal values are storing data coming from user in struct
>> pm_scan_arg in which all variables are 64 bit(__u64) explicitly. This is
>> why we have unsigned long long here. It is absolutely necessary.
> 
> vec_buf_len and vec_buf_index can only have values in 0..512 range.
> flags has only a few lower bits defined (this is checked on ioctl
> entry) and max_pages can be limited to ULONG_MAX. Actually putting `if
> (!max_pages || max_pages > ULONG_MAX) max_pages = ULONG_MAX` would
> avoid having to check !max_pages during the walk.
I'll update.

> 
> Best Regards
> Michał Mirosław

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BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum