Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: introduce MAP_FIXED_SAFE

[Michal Hocko]

On Wed 13-12-17 04:50:53, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:25:49AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> > @@ -1342,6 +1342,10 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
> >  		if (!(file && path_noexec(&file->f_path)))
> >  			prot |= PROT_EXEC;
> >  
> > +	/* force arch specific MAP_FIXED handling in get_unmapped_area */
> > +	if (flags & MAP_FIXED_SAFE)
> > +		flags |= MAP_FIXED;
> > +
> >  	if (!(flags & MAP_FIXED))
> >  		addr = round_hint_to_min(addr);
> >  
> 
> We're up to 22 MAP_ flags now.  We'll run out soon.  Let's preserve half
> of a flag by giving userspace the definition:
> 
> #define MAP_FIXED_SAFE	(MAP_FIXED | _MAP_NOT_HINT)

I've already tried to explain why this cannot be a modifier for
MAP_FIXED. Read about the backward compatibility note...
Or do I misunderstand what you are saying here?
 
> then in here:
> 
> 	if ((flags & _MAP_NOT_HINT) && !(flags & MAP_FIXED))
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 
> Now we can use _MAP_NOT_HINT all by itself in the future to mean
> something else.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs