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-rw-r--r--fs/exec.c4
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/pgtable.h10
-rw-r--r--mm/mmap.c4
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index e3a7e36dcd4..2b7f5ff64fb 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long shift)
* when the old and new regions overlap clear from new_end.
*/
free_pgd_range(&tlb, new_end, old_end, new_end,
- vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : 0);
+ vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
} else {
/*
* otherwise, clean from old_start; this is done to not touch
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long shift)
* for the others its just a little faster.
*/
free_pgd_range(&tlb, old_start, old_end, new_end,
- vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : 0);
+ vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
}
tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb, new_end, old_end);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index c7ec2cdc904..9a6eb25b90e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
#include <linux/mm_types.h>
#include <linux/bug.h>
+/*
+ * On almost all architectures and configurations, 0 can be used as the
+ * upper ceiling to free_pgtables(): on many architectures it has the same
+ * effect as using TASK_SIZE. However, there is one configuration which
+ * must impose a more careful limit, to avoid freeing kernel pgtables.
+ */
+#ifndef USER_PGTABLES_CEILING
+#define USER_PGTABLES_CEILING 0UL
+#endif
+
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
extern int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep,
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 2add0a1a7aa..3635d478948 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ static void unmap_region(struct mm_struct *mm,
unmap_vmas(&tlb, vma, start, end, &nr_accounted, NULL);
vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted);
free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, prev ? prev->vm_end : FIRST_USER_ADDRESS,
- next ? next->vm_start : 0);
+ next ? next->vm_start : USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb, start, end);
}
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
unmap_vmas(&tlb, vma, 0, -1, &nr_accounted, NULL);
vm_unacct_memory(nr_accounted);
- free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, FIRST_USER_ADDRESS, 0);
+ free_pgtables(&tlb, vma, FIRST_USER_ADDRESS, USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb, 0, -1);
/*