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SubjectRe: Bug in ioremap: boundary case is wrong

On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> The x86 ioremap starts with
>
> if(phys_addr < virt_to_phys(high_memory))
> return phys_to_virt(phys_addr);
>
> If you vremap an area whose end point is over the high_memory point your
> memory mapping breaks. [...]

this case is sick anyway, what does it mean to have a single mapping going
across the end of memory? We should rather do:

if(phys_addr < virt_to_phys(high_memory)) {
if (phys_addr+size > high_memory)
panic("huh?");
return phys_to_virt(phys_addr);
}

-- mingo


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