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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/init_64.c3
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/kcore.c4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kcore.h1
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 7df8e3a79dc0..d35d0e4bbf99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1014,8 +1014,7 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
after_bootmem = 1;
/* Register memory areas for /proc/kcore */
- kclist_add(&kcore_vsyscall, (void *)VSYSCALL_ADDR,
- PAGE_SIZE, KCORE_OTHER);
+ kclist_add(&kcore_vsyscall, (void *)VSYSCALL_ADDR, PAGE_SIZE, KCORE_USER);
mem_init_print_info(NULL);
}
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index df7e07986ead..7ed961c0124f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -505,6 +505,10 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
/* we have to zero-fill user buffer even if no read */
if (copy_to_user(buffer, buf, tsz))
return -EFAULT;
+ } else if (m->type == KCORE_USER) {
+ /* User page is handled prior to normal kernel page: */
+ if (copy_to_user(buffer, (char *)start, tsz))
+ return -EFAULT;
} else {
if (kern_addr_valid(start)) {
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/kcore.h b/include/linux/kcore.h
index d92762286645..3ffade4f2798 100644
--- a/include/linux/kcore.h
+++ b/include/linux/kcore.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ enum kcore_type {
KCORE_VMALLOC,
KCORE_RAM,
KCORE_VMEMMAP,
+ KCORE_USER,
KCORE_OTHER,
};