From 18676ffcee596079037b1767e4efe38b06f05eb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 22:17:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fs/binfmt_elf.c: make BAD_ADDR() unlikely
If some mapping goes past TASK_SIZE it will be rejected by kernel which
means no such userspace binaries exist.
Mark every such check as unlikely.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191215124355.GA21124@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 9afb5ed5b2d0..e79e5a7216bd 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static struct linux_binfmt elf_format = {
.min_coredump = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE,
};
-#define BAD_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE)
+#define BAD_ADDR(x) (unlikely((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE))
static int set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int prot)
{
--
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