18 files changed, 235 insertions, 48 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2e352a605fcf..0d189c93eeaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1669,6 +1669,10 @@ running once the system is up.
         usbhid.mousepoll=
                         [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
 
+        vdso=           [IA-32]
+                        vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
+                        vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
+
         video=          [FB] Frame buffer configuration
                         See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 6662f8c44798..3bb221db164a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -780,6 +780,17 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
           enable suspend on SMP systems. CPUs can be controlled through
           /sys/devices/system/cpu.
 
+config COMPAT_VDSO
+        bool "Compat VDSO support"
+        default y
+        help
+          Map the VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
+        ---help---
+          Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
+          version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
+          VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
+
+          If unsure, say Y.
 
 endmenu
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 1c3a809e6421..c80271f8f084 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
+#include <asm/elf.h>
 
 #define DEFINE(sym, val) \
         asm volatile("\n->" #sym " %0 " #val : : "i" (val))
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ void foo(void)
         OFFSET(TI_preempt_count, thread_info, preempt_count);
         OFFSET(TI_addr_limit, thread_info, addr_limit);
         OFFSET(TI_restart_block, thread_info, restart_block);
+        OFFSET(TI_sysenter_return, thread_info, sysenter_return);
         BLANK();
 
         OFFSET(EXEC_DOMAIN_handler, exec_domain, handler);
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ void foo(void)
                  sizeof(struct tss_struct));
 
         DEFINE(PAGE_SIZE_asm, PAGE_SIZE);
-        DEFINE(VSYSCALL_BASE, __fix_to_virt(FIX_VSYSCALL));
+        DEFINE(VDSO_PRELINK, VDSO_PRELINK);
 
         OFFSET(crypto_tfm_ctx_offset, crypto_tfm, __crt_ctx);
 }
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S b/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
index e8d2630fd19a..fbdb933251b6 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
@@ -270,7 +270,12 @@ sysenter_past_esp:
         pushl $(__USER_CS)
         CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
         /*CFI_REL_OFFSET cs, 0*/
-        pushl $SYSENTER_RETURN
+        /*
+         * Push current_thread_info()->sysenter_return to the stack.
+         * A tiny bit of offset fixup is necessary - 4*4 means the 4 words
+         * pushed above; +8 corresponds to copy_thread's esp0 setting.
+         */
+        pushl (TI_sysenter_return-THREAD_SIZE+8+4*4)(%esp)
         CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
         CFI_REL_OFFSET eip, 0
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
index 5c352c3a9e7f..43002cfb40c4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static int setup_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
                         goto give_sigsegv;
         }
 
-        restorer = &__kernel_sigreturn;
+        restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_sigreturn);
         if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
                 restorer = ka->sa.sa_restorer;
 
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static int setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
                 goto give_sigsegv;
 
         /* Set up to return from userspace.  */
-        restorer = &__kernel_rt_sigreturn;
+        restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_rt_sigreturn);
         if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
                 restorer = ka->sa.sa_restorer;
         err |= __put_user(restorer, &frame->pretcode);
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c b/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
index 0bada1870bdf..c60419dee018 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * linux/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
  *
  * (C) Copyright 2002 Linus Torvalds
+ * Portions based on the vdso-randomization code from exec-shield:
+ * Copyright(C) 2005-2006, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
  *
  * This file contains the needed initializations to support sysenter.
  */
@@ -13,12 +15,31 @@
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
+/*
+ * Should the kernel map a VDSO page into processes and pass its
+ * address down to glibc upon exec()?
+ */
+unsigned int __read_mostly vdso_enabled = 1;
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vdso_enabled);
+
+static int __init vdso_setup(char *s)
+{
+        vdso_enabled = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 0);
+
+        return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("vdso=", vdso_setup);
+
 extern asmlinkage void sysenter_entry(void);
 
 void enable_sep_cpu(void)
@@ -45,23 +66,122 @@ void enable_sep_cpu(void)
  */
 extern const char vsyscall_int80_start, vsyscall_int80_end;
 extern const char vsyscall_sysenter_start, vsyscall_sysenter_end;
+static void *syscall_page;
 
 int __init sysenter_setup(void)
 {
-        void *page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
+        syscall_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
 
-        __set_fixmap(FIX_VSYSCALL, __pa(page), PAGE_READONLY_EXEC);
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO
+        __set_fixmap(FIX_VDSO, __pa(syscall_page), PAGE_READONLY);
+        printk("Compat vDSO mapped to %08lx.\n", __fix_to_virt(FIX_VDSO));
+#else
+        /*
+         * In the non-compat case the ELF coredumping code needs the fixmap:
+         */
+        __set_fixmap(FIX_VDSO, __pa(syscall_page), PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
+#endif
 
         if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SEP)) {
-                memcpy(page,
+                memcpy(syscall_page,
                        &vsyscall_int80_start,
                        &vsyscall_int80_end - &vsyscall_int80_start);
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        memcpy(page,
+        memcpy(syscall_page,
                &vsyscall_sysenter_start,
                &vsyscall_sysenter_end - &vsyscall_sysenter_start);
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+static struct page *syscall_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+                                unsigned long adr, int *type)
+{
+        struct page *p = virt_to_page(adr - vma->vm_start + syscall_page);
+        get_page(p);
+        return p;
+}
+
+/* Prevent VMA merging */
+static void syscall_vma_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+}
+
+static struct vm_operations_struct syscall_vm_ops = {
+        .close = syscall_vma_close,
+        .nopage = syscall_nopage,
+};
+
+/* Defined in vsyscall-sysenter.S */
+extern void SYSENTER_RETURN;
+
+/* Setup a VMA at program startup for the vsyscall page */
+int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int exstack)
+{
+        struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+        struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+        unsigned long addr;
+        int ret;
+
+        down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+        addr = get_unmapped_area(NULL, 0, PAGE_SIZE, 0, 0);
+        if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr)) {
+                ret = addr;
+                goto up_fail;
+        }
+
+        vma = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+        if (!vma) {
+                ret = -ENOMEM;
+                goto up_fail;
+        }
+
+        vma->vm_start = addr;
+        vma->vm_end = addr + PAGE_SIZE;
+        /* MAYWRITE to allow gdb to COW and set breakpoints */
+        vma->vm_flags = VM_READ|VM_EXEC|VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_MAYWRITE;
+        vma->vm_flags |= mm->def_flags;
+        vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[vma->vm_flags & 7];
+        vma->vm_ops = &syscall_vm_ops;
+        vma->vm_mm = mm;
+
+        ret = insert_vm_struct(mm, vma);
+        if (ret)
+                goto free_vma;
+
+        current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
+        current_thread_info()->sysenter_return =
+                                    (void *)VDSO_SYM(&SYSENTER_RETURN);
+        mm->total_vm++;
+up_fail:
+        up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+        return ret;
+
+free_vma:
+        kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+        if (vma->vm_mm && vma->vm_start == (long)vma->vm_mm->context.vdso)
+                return "[vdso]";
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+struct vm_area_struct *get_gate_vma(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+int in_gate_area(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long addr)
+{
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int in_gate_area_no_task(unsigned long addr)
+{
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter.S
index 3b62baa6a371..1a36d26e15eb 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall-sysenter.S
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ __kernel_vsyscall:
         /* 7: align return point with nop's to make disassembly easier */
         .space 7,0x90
 
-        /* 14: System call restart point is here! (SYSENTER_RETURN - 2) */
+        /* 14: System call restart point is here! (SYSENTER_RETURN-2) */
         jmp .Lenter_kernel
         /* 16: System call normal return point is here! */
-        .globl SYSENTER_RETURN  /* Symbol used by entry.S.  */
+        .globl SYSENTER_RETURN  /* Symbol used by sysenter.c  */
 SYSENTER_RETURN:
         pop %ebp
 .Lpop_ebp:
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.lds.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.lds.S
index 98699ca6e52d..e26975fc68b6 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vsyscall.lds.S
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 SECTIONS
 {
-  . = VSYSCALL_BASE + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
+  . = VDSO_PRELINK + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
 
   .hash           : { *(.hash) }                :text
   .dynsym         : { *(.dynsym) }
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SECTIONS
      For the layouts to match, we need to skip more than enough
      space for the dynamic symbol table et al.  If this amount
      is insufficient, ld -shared will barf.  Just increase it here.  */
-  . = VSYSCALL_BASE + 0x400;
+  . = VDSO_PRELINK + 0x400;
 
   .text           : { *(.text) }                :text =0x90909090
   .note           : { *(.note.*) }              :text :note
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 0137ec4c1368..0a163a4f7764 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ struct mem_size_stats
         unsigned long private_dirty;
 };
 
+__attribute__((weak)) const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+        return NULL;
+}
+
 static int show_map_internal(struct seq_file *m, void *v, struct mem_size_stats *mss)
 {
         struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private;
@@ -158,22 +163,23 @@ static int show_map_internal(struct seq_file *m, void *v, struct mem_size_stats
                 pad_len_spaces(m, len);
                 seq_path(m, file->f_vfsmnt, file->f_dentry, "\n");
         } else {
-                if (mm) {
-                        if (vma->vm_start <= mm->start_brk &&
+                const char *name = arch_vma_name(vma);
+                if (!name) {
+                        if (mm) {
+                                if (vma->vm_start <= mm->start_brk &&
                                                 vma->vm_end >= mm->brk) {
-                                pad_len_spaces(m, len);
-                                seq_puts(m, "[heap]");
-                        } else {
-                                if (vma->vm_start <= mm->start_stack &&
-                                        vma->vm_end >= mm->start_stack) {
-
-                                        pad_len_spaces(m, len);
-                                        seq_puts(m, "[stack]");
+                                        name = "[heap]";
+                                } else if (vma->vm_start <= mm->start_stack &&
+                                           vma->vm_end >= mm->start_stack) {
+                                        name = "[stack]";
                                 }
+                        } else {
+                                name = "[vdso]";
                         }
-                } else {
+                }
+                if (name) {
                         pad_len_spaces(m, len);
-                        seq_puts(m, "[vdso]");
+                        seq_puts(m, name);
                 }
         }
         seq_putc(m, '\n');
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/elf.h b/include/asm-i386/elf.h
index 4153d80e4d2b..1eac92cb5b16 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/elf.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/elf.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>         /* for savesegment */
 #include <asm/auxvec.h>
+#include <asm/desc.h>
 
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 
@@ -129,15 +130,41 @@ extern int dump_task_extended_fpu (struct task_struct *, struct user_fxsr_struct
 #define ELF_CORE_COPY_FPREGS(tsk, elf_fpregs) dump_task_fpu(tsk, elf_fpregs)
 #define ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS(tsk, elf_xfpregs) dump_task_extended_fpu(tsk, elf_xfpregs)
 
-#define VSYSCALL_BASE   (__fix_to_virt(FIX_VSYSCALL))
-#define VSYSCALL_EHDR   ((const struct elfhdr *) VSYSCALL_BASE)
-#define VSYSCALL_ENTRY  ((unsigned long) &__kernel_vsyscall)
+#define VDSO_HIGH_BASE          (__fix_to_virt(FIX_VDSO))
+#define VDSO_BASE               ((unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO
+# define VDSO_COMPAT_BASE       VDSO_HIGH_BASE
+# define VDSO_PRELINK           VDSO_HIGH_BASE
+#else
+# define VDSO_COMPAT_BASE       VDSO_BASE
+# define VDSO_PRELINK           0
+#endif
+
+#define VDSO_COMPAT_SYM(x) \
+                (VDSO_COMPAT_BASE + (unsigned long)(x) - VDSO_PRELINK)
+
+#define VDSO_SYM(x) \
+                (VDSO_BASE + (unsigned long)(x) - VDSO_PRELINK)
+
+#define VDSO_HIGH_EHDR          ((const struct elfhdr *) VDSO_HIGH_BASE)
+#define VDSO_EHDR               ((const struct elfhdr *) VDSO_COMPAT_BASE)
+
 extern void __kernel_vsyscall;
 
+#define VDSO_ENTRY              VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_vsyscall)
+
+#define ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES
+struct linux_binprm;
+extern int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
+                                       int executable_stack);
+
+extern unsigned int vdso_enabled;
+
 #define ARCH_DLINFO                                             \
-do {                                                            \
-                NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO, VSYSCALL_ENTRY);        \
-                NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR, VSYSCALL_BASE);    \
+do if (vdso_enabled) {                                          \
+                NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO, VDSO_ENTRY);            \
+                NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR, VDSO_COMPAT_BASE); \
 } while (0)
 
 /*
@@ -148,15 +175,15 @@ do {								\
  * Dumping its extra ELF program headers includes all the other information
  * a debugger needs to easily find how the vsyscall DSO was being used.
  */
-#define ELF_CORE_EXTRA_PHDRS            (VSYSCALL_EHDR->e_phnum)
+#define ELF_CORE_EXTRA_PHDRS            (VDSO_HIGH_EHDR->e_phnum)
 #define ELF_CORE_WRITE_EXTRA_PHDRS                                            \
 do {                                                                          \
         const struct elf_phdr *const vsyscall_phdrs =                         \
-                (const struct elf_phdr *) (VSYSCALL_BASE                      \
-                                           + VSYSCALL_EHDR->e_phoff);         \
+                (const struct elf_phdr *) (VDSO_HIGH_BASE                     \
+                                           + VDSO_HIGH_EHDR->e_phoff);    \
         int i;                                                                \
         Elf32_Off ofs = 0;                                                    \
-        for (i = 0; i < VSYSCALL_EHDR->e_phnum; ++i) {                        \
+        for (i = 0; i < VDSO_HIGH_EHDR->e_phnum; ++i) {               \
                 struct elf_phdr phdr = vsyscall_phdrs[i];                     \
                 if (phdr.p_type == PT_LOAD) {                                 \
                         BUG_ON(ofs != 0);                                     \
@@ -174,10 +201,10 @@ do {									      \
 #define ELF_CORE_WRITE_EXTRA_DATA                                             \
 do {                                                                          \
         const struct elf_phdr *const vsyscall_phdrs =                         \
-                (const struct elf_phdr *) (VSYSCALL_BASE                      \
-                                           + VSYSCALL_EHDR->e_phoff);         \
+                (const struct elf_phdr *) (VDSO_HIGH_BASE                     \
+                                           + VDSO_HIGH_EHDR->e_phoff);    \
         int i;                                                                \
-        for (i = 0; i < VSYSCALL_EHDR->e_phnum; ++i) {                        \
+        for (i = 0; i < VDSO_HIGH_EHDR->e_phnum; ++i) {               \
                 if (vsyscall_phdrs[i].p_type == PT_LOAD)                      \
                         DUMP_WRITE((void *) vsyscall_phdrs[i].p_vaddr,        \
                                    PAGE_ALIGN(vsyscall_phdrs[i].p_memsz));    \
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/fixmap.h b/include/asm-i386/fixmap.h
index f7e068f4d2f9..a48cc3f7ccc6 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/fixmap.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/fixmap.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  */
 enum fixed_addresses {
         FIX_HOLE,
-        FIX_VSYSCALL,
+        FIX_VDSO,
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
         FIX_APIC_BASE,  /* local (CPU) APIC) -- required for SMP or not */
 #endif
@@ -115,14 +115,6 @@ extern void __set_fixmap (enum fixed_addresses idx,
 #define __fix_to_virt(x)        (FIXADDR_TOP - ((x) << PAGE_SHIFT))
 #define __virt_to_fix(x)        ((FIXADDR_TOP - ((x)&PAGE_MASK)) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
 
-/*
- * This is the range that is readable by user mode, and things
- * acting like user mode such as get_user_pages.
- */
-#define FIXADDR_USER_START      (__fix_to_virt(FIX_VSYSCALL))
-#define FIXADDR_USER_END        (FIXADDR_USER_START + PAGE_SIZE)
-
-
 extern void __this_fixmap_does_not_exist(void);
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/mmu.h b/include/asm-i386/mmu.h
index f431a0b86d4c..8358dd3df7aa 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/mmu.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/mmu.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ typedef struct {
         int size;
         struct semaphore sem;
         void *ldt;
+        void *vdso;
 } mm_context_t;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/page.h b/include/asm-i386/page.h
index e3a552fa5538..f5bf544c729a 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/page.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/page.h
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ typedef struct { unsigned long pgprot; } pgprot_t;
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+struct vm_area_struct;
+
 /*
  * This much address space is reserved for vmalloc() and iomap()
  * as well as fixmap mappings.
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ extern int page_is_ram(unsigned long pagenr);
 #include <asm-generic/memory_model.h>
 #include <asm-generic/page.h>
 
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA 1
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _I386_PAGE_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h b/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
index ff1e2b1a7c84..2833fa2c0dd0 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct thread_info {
                                                    0-0xBFFFFFFF for user-thead
                                                    0-0xFFFFFFFF for kernel-thread
                                                 */
+        void                    *sysenter_return;
         struct restart_block    restart_block;
 
         unsigned long           previous_esp;   /* ESP of the previous stack in case
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/unwind.h b/include/asm-i386/unwind.h
index d480f2e38215..69f0f1df6722 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/unwind.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/unwind.h
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ static inline int arch_unw_user_mode(const struct unwind_frame_info *info)
         return user_mode_vm(&info->regs);
 #else
         return info->regs.eip < PAGE_OFFSET
-               || (info->regs.eip >= __fix_to_virt(FIX_VSYSCALL)
-                    && info->regs.eip < __fix_to_virt(FIX_VSYSCALL) + PAGE_SIZE)
+               || (info->regs.eip >= __fix_to_virt(FIX_VDSO)
+                    && info->regs.eip < __fix_to_virt(FIX_VDSO) + PAGE_SIZE)
                || info->regs.esp < PAGE_OFFSET;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a929ea197e48..ff1fa87df8d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1065,5 +1065,7 @@ void drop_slab(void);
 extern int randomize_va_space;
 #endif
 
+const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_MM_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 349ef908a222..bee12a7a0576 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ enum
         VM_ZONE_RECLAIM_MODE=31, /* reclaim local zone memory before going off node */
         VM_ZONE_RECLAIM_INTERVAL=32, /* time period to wait after reclaim failure */
         VM_PANIC_ON_OOM=33,     /* panic at out-of-memory */
+        VM_VDSO_ENABLED=34,     /* map VDSO into new processes? */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index f1a4eb1a655e..f54afed8426f 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -928,6 +928,18 @@ static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
                 .strategy       = &sysctl_jiffies,
         },
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+        {
+                .ctl_name       = VM_VDSO_ENABLED,
+                .procname       = "vdso_enabled",
+                .data           = &vdso_enabled,
+                .maxlen         = sizeof(vdso_enabled),
+                .mode           = 0644,
+                .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
+                .strategy       = &sysctl_intvec,
+                .extra1         = &zero,
+        },
+#endif
         { .ctl_name = 0 }
 };