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    um: Implement probe_kernel_read() · 4fdaa3d4
    Richard Weinberger authored
    commit f75b1b1b upstream.
    
    UML needs it's own probe_kernel_read() to handle kernel
    mode faults correctly.
    The implementation uses mincore() on the host side to detect
    whether a page is owned by the UML kernel process.
    
    This fixes also a possible crash when sysrq-t is used.
    Starting with 3.10 sysrq-t calls probe_kernel_read() to
    read details from the kernel workers. As kernel worker are
    completely async pointers may turn NULL while reading them.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRichard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
    Cc: <stian@nixia.no>
    Cc: <tj@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    4fdaa3d4
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