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| author | zhong jiang <zhongjiang@huawei.com> | 2017-01-24 15:18:52 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-01-24 16:26:14 -0800 |
| commit | 3277953de2f31dd03c6375e9a9f680ac37fc9d27 (patch) | |
| tree | 6ba22924faa1b82ef2f0277db10a3f5abdc44157 /net | |
| parent | 3705ccfdd1e8b539225ce20e3925a945cc788d67 (diff) | |
mm: do not export ioremap_page_range symbol for external module
Recently, I've found cases in which ioremap_page_range was used
incorrectly, in external modules, leading to crashes. This can be
partly attributed to the fact that ioremap_page_range is lower-level,
with fewer protections, as compared to the other functions that an
external module would typically call. Those include:
ioremap_cache
ioremap_nocache
ioremap_prot
ioremap_uc
ioremap_wc
ioremap_wt
...each of which wraps __ioremap_caller, which in turn provides a safer
way to achieve the mapping.
Therefore, stop EXPORT-ing ioremap_page_range.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1485173220-29010-1-git-send-email-zhongjiang@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Suggested-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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