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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-06 13:54:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-06 13:54:09 -0800 |
| commit | 3e6bdf473f489664dac4d7511d26c7ac3dfdc748 (patch) | |
| tree | 10cb2e928830b9de8bbc3f6dd47c18c24cd2affa /mm | |
| parent | 3d4d4582e5b3f67a68f2cf32fd5b70d8d80f119d (diff) | |
| parent | 58d5d0d8dd52cbca988af24b5692a20b00285543 (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86:
x86: fix deadlock, make pgd_lock irq-safe
virtio: fix trivial build bug
x86: fix mttr trimming
x86: delay CPA self-test and repeat it
x86: fix 64-bit sections
generic: add __FINITDATA
x86: remove suprious ifdefs from pageattr.c
x86: mark the .rodata section also NX
x86: fix iret exception recovery on 64-bit
cpuidle: dubious one-bit signed bitfield in cpuidle.h
x86: fix sparse warnings in powernow-k8.c
x86: fix sparse error in traps_32.c
x86: trivial sparse/checkpatch in quirks.c
x86 ptrace: disallow null cs/ss
MAINTAINERS: RDC R-321x SoC maintainer
brk randomization: introduce CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK
brk: check the lower bound properly
x86: remove X2 workaround
x86: make spurious fault handler aware of large mappings
x86: make traps on entry code be debuggable in user space, 64-bit
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/mmap.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 7bb70728bb5..9d073fa0a2d 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -82,7 +82,18 @@ void * high_memory; EXPORT_SYMBOL(num_physpages); EXPORT_SYMBOL(high_memory); -int randomize_va_space __read_mostly = 1; +/* + * Randomize the address space (stacks, mmaps, brk, etc.). + * + * ( When CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y we exclude brk from randomization, + * as ancient (libc5 based) binaries can segfault. ) + */ +int randomize_va_space __read_mostly = +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK + 1; +#else + 2; +#endif static int __init disable_randmaps(char *s) { diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index bb4c963cc53..ad6e4eaf34f 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ asmlinkage unsigned long sys_brk(unsigned long brk) down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); - if (brk < mm->end_code) + if (brk < mm->start_brk) goto out; /* |