megaraid_sas : SMAP restriction--do not access user memory from IOCTL code
authorsumit.saxena@avagotech.com <sumit.saxena@avagotech.com>
Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:10:54 +0000 (13:40 +0530)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:48:22 +0000 (12:48 +0000)
commitf7e70badb0ee4fb9737bf9793e17eedd907b68f8
tree5cd0b8b16e837ca2580456b5ec303203950f2699
parentbd65107fc1d80498ea8d8185edb48d05a1a85255
megaraid_sas : SMAP restriction--do not access user memory from IOCTL code

commit 323c4a02c631d00851d8edc4213c4d184ef83647 upstream.

This is an issue on SMAP enabled CPUs and 32 bit apps running on 64 bit
OS. Do not access user memory from kernel code. The SMAP bit restricts
accessing user memory from kernel code.

Signed-off-by: Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@avagotech.com>
Signed-off-by: Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@avagotech.com>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Henzl <thenzl@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c