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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-04-10 14:30:45 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-04-10 14:30:45 -0400
commit06eb4eafbdc0796d741d139a44f1253278da8611 (patch)
treefbdb44317130c371928154c9e6903e699fe2b995 /arch/arm/kernel/process.c
parent32ed53b83ea5ec26a4dba90e18f5e0ff6c71eb48 (diff)
parentf68e556e23d1a4176b563bcb25d8baf2c5313f91 (diff)
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/kernel/process.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/process.c37
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index d3eca4524533..2b7b017a20cd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/leds.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
-#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/thread_notify.h>
#include <asm/stacktrace.h>
#include <asm/mach/time.h>
@@ -529,21 +528,39 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm)
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
/*
* The vectors page is always readable from user space for the
- * atomic helpers and the signal restart code. Let's declare a mapping
- * for it so it is visible through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
+ * atomic helpers and the signal restart code. Insert it into the
+ * gate_vma so that it is visible through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
*/
+static struct vm_area_struct gate_vma;
-int vectors_user_mapping(void)
+static int __init gate_vma_init(void)
{
- struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
- return install_special_mapping(mm, 0xffff0000, PAGE_SIZE,
- VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
- VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_RESERVED,
- NULL);
+ gate_vma.vm_start = 0xffff0000;
+ gate_vma.vm_end = 0xffff0000 + PAGE_SIZE;
+ gate_vma.vm_page_prot = PAGE_READONLY_EXEC;
+ gate_vma.vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
+ VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC;
+ return 0;
+}
+arch_initcall(gate_vma_init);
+
+struct vm_area_struct *get_gate_vma(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ return &gate_vma;
+}
+
+int in_gate_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return (addr >= gate_vma.vm_start) && (addr < gate_vma.vm_end);
+}
+
+int in_gate_area_no_mm(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return in_gate_area(NULL, addr);
}
const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
- return (vma->vm_start == 0xffff0000) ? "[vectors]" : NULL;
+ return (vma == &gate_vma) ? "[vectors]" : NULL;
}
#endif