[PATCH 21/39] uprobes: remove VM_IO, set VM_MIXEDMAP for mapped kernel pages
From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 18:07:27 EST
These are not MMIO pages so VMA_IO_BIT is an inappropriate flag to set.
Instead, set them VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT as they are kernel mappings and this is
the appropriate flag to set for those.
This provides the semantics required - no VMA merging is permitted, but
does not prevent GUP.
However this has no meaningful impact as these are refcounted and thus can
be GUPed.
A previous commit already prevented __mm_populate() from being invoked on
XOL areas which prevents so that is no longer required.
Both VMAs set a VMA name, so always_dump_vma() returns true before
vma_dump_size() reaches its VMA_IO_BIT check, and thus there is no change
in core dump behaviour.
Change this for both the core xol_add_vma() function and the x86-specific
get_uprobe_trampoline() function.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c | 2 +-
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
index 65a2de82ecd2..0f60c0d076b6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *get_uprobe_trampoline(struct mm_struct *mm, unsign
*new_mapping = true;
return _install_special_mapping(mm, vaddr, PAGE_SIZE,
- VM_READ|VM_EXEC|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_MAYREAD|VM_IO,
+ VM_READ|VM_EXEC|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_MAYREAD|VM_MIXEDMAP,
&tramp_mapping);
}
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 7709ea882477..b89cc5cee002 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1726,8 +1726,8 @@ static int xol_add_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct xol_area *area)
}
vma = _install_special_mapping(mm, area->vaddr, PAGE_SIZE,
- VM_EXEC|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_DONTCOPY|VM_IO|
- VM_SEALED_SYSMAP,
+ VM_EXEC|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_DONTCOPY|
+ VM_MIXEDMAP|VM_SEALED_SYSMAP,
&xol_mapping);
if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
--
2.55.0