Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

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diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index c2b57d81e15..71830ba7b98 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -226,6 +226,25 @@ config HAVE_MLOCKED_PAGE_BIT
 config MMU_NOTIFIER
 	bool
 
+config DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
+        int "Low address space to protect from user allocation"
+        default 4096
+        help
+	  This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected
+	  from userspace allocation.  Keeping a user from writing to low pages
+	  can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs.
+
+	  For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
+	  a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
+	  On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
+	  Programs which use vm86 functionality would either need additional
+	  permissions from either the LSM or the capabilities module or have
+	  this protection disabled.
+
+	  This value can be changed after boot using the
+	  /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr tunable.
+
+
 config NOMMU_INITIAL_TRIM_EXCESS
 	int "Turn on mmap() excess space trimming before booting"
 	depends on !MMU