Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] x86/mm: Randomize va with generic arch_pick_mmap_layout()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Sep 21 2021 - 10:42:55 EST


On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:34:14PM +0800, sxwjean@xxxxxx wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
> index 7516e4199b3c..c697e377644d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
> @@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ struct compat_shmid64_ds {
> compat_ulong_t __unused5;
> };
>
> +static inline int is_compat_task(void)
> +{
> + return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) && test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT);
> +}
> +

This is still fundamentally broken for x86. x86 doesn't have compat
tasks, the granularity is at syscall at best.