/*
* Flexible mmap layout support
*
* Based on code by Ingo Molnar and Andi Kleen, copyrighted
* as follows:
* Copyright 2003-2009 Red Hat Inc.
* All Rights Reserved.
* Copyright 2005 Andi Kleen, SUSE Labs.
* Copyright 2007 Jiri Kosina, SUSE Labs.
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
#include <linux/personality.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
* Top of mmap area (just below the process stack).
* Leave an at least ~128 MB hole.
#define MIN_GAP (128*1024*1024)
#define MAX_GAP (TASK_SIZE/6*5)
* True on X86_32 or when emulating IA32 on X86_64
static int mmap_is_ia32(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
return 1;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
if (test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32))
return 0;
}
static int mmap_is_legacy(void)
if (current->personality & ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT)
if (current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY)
return sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
static unsigned long mmap_rnd(void)
unsigned long rnd = 0;
* 8 bits of randomness in 32bit mmaps, 20 address space bits
* 28 bits of randomness in 64bit mmaps, 40 address space bits
if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) {
if (mmap_is_ia32())
rnd = (long)get_random_int() % (1<<8);
else
rnd = (long)(get_random_int() % (1<<28));
return rnd << PAGE_SHIFT;
static unsigned long mmap_base(void)
unsigned long gap = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur;
if (gap < MIN_GAP)
gap = MIN_GAP;
else if (gap > MAX_GAP)
gap = MAX_GAP;
return PAGE_ALIGN(TASK_SIZE - gap - mmap_rnd());
* Bottom-up (legacy) layout on X86_32 did not support randomization, X86_64
* does, but not when emulating X86_32
static unsigned long mmap_legacy_base(void)
return TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
return TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE + mmap_rnd();
* This function, called very early during the creation of a new
* process VM image, sets up which VM layout function to use:
void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
if (mmap_is_legacy()) {
mm->mmap_base = mmap_legacy_base();
mm->get_unmapped_area = arch_get_unmapped_area;
mm->unmap_area = arch_unmap_area;
} else {
mm->mmap_base = mmap_base();
mm->get_unmapped_area = arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown;
mm->unmap_area = arch_unmap_area_topdown;