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authorRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-10-19 17:06:36 -0400
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-10-19 17:06:36 -0400
commit809b4e00baf006a990a73329ba381d536c6fa277 (patch)
treee949e0efd019d6f932537aba762792b07a84351c /arch/arm/kernel/process.c
parenta0a55682b83fd5f012afadcf415b030d7424ae68 (diff)
parent79a94c3538bda6869d7bb150b5e02dd3a72314dd (diff)
Merge branch 'devel-stable' into devel
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/kernel/process.c')
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diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 3af34bf4f4df..e76fcaadce03 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -482,3 +482,24 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm)
482 unsigned long range_end = mm->brk + 0x02000000; 482 unsigned long range_end = mm->brk + 0x02000000;
483 return randomize_range(mm->brk, range_end, 0) ? : mm->brk; 483 return randomize_range(mm->brk, range_end, 0) ? : mm->brk;
484} 484}
485
486/*
487 * The vectors page is always readable from user space for the
488 * atomic helpers and the signal restart code. Let's declare a mapping
489 * for it so it is visible through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
490 */
491
492int vectors_user_mapping(void)
493{
494 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
495 return install_special_mapping(mm, 0xffff0000, PAGE_SIZE,
496 VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
497 VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC |
498 VM_ALWAYSDUMP | VM_RESERVED,
499 NULL);
500}
501
502const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
503{
504 return (vma->vm_start == 0xffff0000) ? "[vectors]" : NULL;
505}