linux/arch/mips
Paul Burton ea7e0480a4
MIPS: VDSO: Always map near top of user memory
When using the legacy mmap layout, for example triggered using ulimit -s
unlimited, get_unmapped_area() fills memory from bottom to top starting
from a fairly low address near TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE.

This placement is suboptimal if the user application wishes to allocate
large amounts of heap memory using the brk syscall. With the VDSO being
located low in the user's virtual address space, the amount of space
available for access using brk is limited much more than it was prior to
the introduction of the VDSO.

For example:

  # ulimit -s unlimited; cat /proc/self/maps
  00400000-004ec000 r-xp 00000000 08:00 71436      /usr/bin/coreutils
  004fc000-004fd000 rwxp 000ec000 08:00 71436      /usr/bin/coreutils
  004fd000-0050f000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
  00cc3000-00ce4000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
  2ab96000-2ab98000 r--p 00000000 00:00 0          [vvar]
  2ab98000-2ab99000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0          [vdso]
  2ab99000-2ab9d000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
  ...

Resolve this by adjusting STACK_TOP to reserve space for the VDSO &
providing an address hint to get_unmapped_area() causing it to use this
space even when using the legacy mmap layout.

We reserve enough space for the VDSO, plus 1MB or 256MB for 32 bit & 64
bit systems respectively within which we randomize the VDSO base
address. Previously this randomization was taken care of by the mmap
base address randomization performed by arch_mmap_rnd(). The 1MB & 256MB
sizes are somewhat arbitrary but chosen such that we have some
randomization without taking up too much of the user's virtual address
space, which is often in short supply for 32 bit systems.

With this the VDSO is always mapped at a high address, leaving lots of
space for statically linked programs to make use of brk:

  # ulimit -s unlimited; cat /proc/self/maps
  00400000-004ec000 r-xp 00000000 08:00 71436      /usr/bin/coreutils
  004fc000-004fd000 rwxp 000ec000 08:00 71436      /usr/bin/coreutils
  004fd000-0050f000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
  00c28000-00c49000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
  ...
  7f67c000-7f69d000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0          [stack]
  7f7fc000-7f7fd000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
  7fcf1000-7fcf3000 r--p 00000000 00:00 0          [vvar]
  7fcf3000-7fcf4000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0          [vdso]

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com>
Reported-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>
Fixes: ebb5e78cc6 ("MIPS: Initial implementation of a VDSO")
Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.4+
2018-09-28 12:09:00 -07:00
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alchemy mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
ar7 mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
ath25 mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
ath79 Here are the main MIPS changes for 4.19. 2018-08-13 19:24:32 -07:00
bcm47xx Revert "MIPS: BCM47XX: Enable 74K Core ExternalSync for PCIe erratum" 2018-07-27 10:07:32 -07:00
bcm63xx mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
bmips MIPS: bmips: remove unnecessary call to register "simple-bus" 2018-06-24 09:27:27 -07:00
boot kbuild: rename LDFLAGS to KBUILD_LDFLAGS 2018-08-24 08:22:08 +09:00
cavium-octeon Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-08-15 16:01:47 -07:00
cobalt
configs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-08-15 15:04:25 -07:00
crypto MIPS: crypto: Add crc32 and crc32c hw accelerated module 2018-02-19 20:50:36 +00:00
dec MIPS: Convert update_persistent_clock() to update_persistent_clock64() 2018-05-14 23:58:23 +01:00
emma MIPS: Avoid old-style declaration 2017-01-25 02:51:11 +01:00
fw mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
generic MIPS: Remove obsolete MIPS checks for DST node "chosen@0" 2018-08-06 09:50:33 -07:00
include MIPS: VDSO: Always map near top of user memory 2018-09-28 12:09:00 -07:00
jazz MIPS: Make (UN)CAC_ADDR() PHYS_OFFSET-agnostic 2018-07-30 10:27:20 -07:00
jz4740 JFFS2 changes: 2018-08-14 10:57:44 -07:00
kernel MIPS: VDSO: Always map near top of user memory 2018-09-28 12:09:00 -07:00
kvm KVM: Remove obsolete kvm_unmap_hva notifier backend 2018-09-07 15:06:02 +02:00
lantiq MIPS: lantiq: dma: add dev pointer 2018-09-11 23:33:19 -07:00
lasat kbuild: rename LDFLAGS to KBUILD_LDFLAGS 2018-08-24 08:22:08 +09:00
lib MIPS: lib: Provide MIPS64r6 __multi3() for GCC < 7 2018-08-21 12:14:11 -07:00
loongson32 MIPS: Loongson: Merge load addresses 2018-07-30 18:59:01 -07:00
loongson64 MIPS: Loongson: Add Loongson-3A R3.1 basic support 2018-07-23 17:53:34 -07:00
math-emu MIPS: math-emu: Mark fall throughs in switch statements with a comment 2017-12-12 17:20:20 +01:00
mm A few MIPS fixes for 4.19: 2018-08-23 14:23:08 -07:00
mti-malta MIPS: Malta: Use PIIX4 poweroff driver to power down 2018-06-24 09:27:27 -07:00
net bpf, mips: remove unused function 2018-05-14 19:11:45 -07:00
netlogic mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
oprofile MIPS: perf: More robustly probe for the presence of per-tc counters 2018-05-15 15:16:16 +01:00
paravirt mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
pci Here are the main MIPS changes for 4.19. 2018-08-13 19:24:32 -07:00
pic32 mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
pistachio License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
pmcs-msp71xx License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
pnx833x mtd: nand: Rename nand.h into rawnand.h 2017-08-13 10:11:49 +02:00
power License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
ralink mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
rb532 MIPS: RB532: Avoid undefined mac_pton without GENERIC_NET_UTILS 2018-01-10 16:39:03 +01:00
sgi-ip22 Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:56:58 -08:00
sgi-ip27 mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
sgi-ip32 MIPS: IP32: use generic dma noncoherent ops 2018-06-24 09:27:27 -07:00
sibyte mips: unify prom_putchar() declarations 2018-07-17 09:40:17 -07:00
sni MIPS: sni: Remove the read_persistent_clock() 2018-05-14 23:58:25 +01:00
tools Update MIPS email addresses 2017-11-03 09:02:30 -07:00
txx9 JFFS2 changes: 2018-08-14 10:57:44 -07:00
vdso MIPS: VDSO: Force link endianness 2018-08-07 16:16:13 -07:00
vr41xx MIPS: Annotate cpu_wait implementations with __cpuidle 2018-06-28 14:18:54 -07:00
Kbuild MIPS: Disable Werror when W= is set 2017-04-10 11:56:07 +02:00
Kbuild.platforms MIPS: Xilfpga: Switch to using generic defconfigs 2017-11-08 22:54:14 +00:00
Kconfig A few MIPS fixes for 4.19: 2018-08-23 14:23:08 -07:00
Kconfig.debug Kconfig: consolidate the "Kernel hacking" menu 2018-08-02 08:06:48 +09:00
Makefile kbuild: rename LDFLAGS to KBUILD_LDFLAGS 2018-08-24 08:22:08 +09:00
Makefile.postlink License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00