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x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through mm_struct member

This is the updated version of df54d6fa5427 ("x86 get_unmapped_area():
use proper mmap base for bottom-up direction") that only randomizes the
mmap base address once.

Signed-off-by: Radu Caragea <sinaelgl@gmail.com>
Reported-and-tested-by: Jeff Shorey <shoreyjeff@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Adrian Sendroiu <molecula2788@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Radu Caragea 12 years ago
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41aacc1eea
3 changed files with 6 additions and 3 deletions
  1. 1 1
      arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
  2. 4 2
      arch/x86/mm/mmap.c
  3. 1 0
      include/linux/mm_types.h

+ 1 - 1
arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void find_start_end(unsigned long flags, unsigned long *begin,
 				*begin = new_begin;
 		}
 	} else {
-		*begin = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+		*begin = current->mm->mmap_legacy_base;
 		*end = TASK_SIZE;
 	}
 }

+ 4 - 2
arch/x86/mm/mmap.c

@@ -112,11 +112,13 @@ static unsigned long mmap_legacy_base(void)
  */
 void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	mm->mmap_legacy_base = mmap_legacy_base();
+	mm->mmap_base = mmap_base();
+
 	if (mmap_is_legacy()) {
-		mm->mmap_base = mmap_legacy_base();
+		mm->mmap_base = mm->mmap_legacy_base;
 		mm->get_unmapped_area = arch_get_unmapped_area;
 	} else {
-		mm->mmap_base = mmap_base();
 		mm->get_unmapped_area = arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown;
 	}
 }

+ 1 - 0
include/linux/mm_types.h

@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ struct mm_struct {
 				unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags);
 #endif
 	unsigned long mmap_base;		/* base of mmap area */
+	unsigned long mmap_legacy_base;         /* base of mmap area in bottom-up allocations */
 	unsigned long task_size;		/* size of task vm space */
 	unsigned long highest_vm_end;		/* highest vma end address */
 	pgd_t * pgd;