[45/91] mm: make stack guard page logic use vm_prev pointer

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Aug 24 2010 - 19:33:53 EST


2.6.34-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 0e8e50e20c837eeec8323bba7dcd25fe5479194c upstream.

Like the mlock() change previously, this makes the stack guard check
code use vma->vm_prev to see what the mapping below the current stack
is, rather than have to look it up with find_vma().

Also, accept an abutting stack segment, since that happens naturally if
you split the stack with mlock or mprotect.

Tested-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
mm/memory.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2761,11 +2761,18 @@ static inline int check_stack_guard_page
{
address &= PAGE_MASK;
if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN) && address == vma->vm_start) {
- address -= PAGE_SIZE;
- if (find_vma(vma->vm_mm, address) != vma)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ struct vm_area_struct *prev = vma->vm_prev;

- expand_stack(vma, address);
+ /*
+ * Is there a mapping abutting this one below?
+ *
+ * That's only ok if it's the same stack mapping
+ * that has gotten split..
+ */
+ if (prev && prev->vm_end == address)
+ return prev->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+
+ expand_stack(vma, address - PAGE_SIZE);
}
return 0;
}


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