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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 5/8] x86/kaslr: Simplify __process_mem_region
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 07:07:58PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> Get rid of unnecessary temporary variables and redundant tests in
> __process_mem_region.
>
> Fix one minor bug: in case of an overlap, the beginning of the region
> should be used even if it is exactly image_size, not just strictly
> larger.
>
> Change type of minimum/image_size arguments in process_mem_region to
> unsigned long. These actually can never be above 4G (even on x86_64),
> and they're unsigned long in every other function except this one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>

Please split this up (which I think is already planned):

- bug fix (which looks like a correct fix to me)
- arg type size changes
- refactoring

I don't currently agree that the refactoring makes things easier to
read, but let's see v3. :)

--
Kees Cook

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