[PATCH v2 2/5] arm64: gcs: Use the new common vm_mmap_shadow_stack() helper

From: Catalin Marinas

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 11:15:27 EST


Replace the arm64 map_shadow_stack() content with a call to
vm_mmap_shadow_stack(). There is no functional change.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/mm/gcs.c | 14 +-------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/gcs.c b/arch/arm64/mm/gcs.c
index 04a23a497f20..680749611a9a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/gcs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/gcs.c
@@ -12,19 +12,7 @@

static unsigned long alloc_gcs(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
{
- int flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE;
- struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
- unsigned long mapped_addr, unused;
-
- if (addr)
- flags |= MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
-
- mmap_write_lock(mm);
- mapped_addr = do_mmap(NULL, addr, size, PROT_READ, flags,
- VM_SHADOW_STACK | VM_WRITE, 0, &unused, NULL);
- mmap_write_unlock(mm);
-
- return mapped_addr;
+ return vm_mmap_shadow_stack(addr, size, 0);
}

static unsigned long gcs_size(unsigned long size)