linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 3/7] Allow stack to grow up to address space limit

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:10:34 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Helge Deller" <deller@....de>,
        "Hugh Dickins" <hughd@...gle.com>,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 3/7] Allow stack to grow up to address space limit

3.16.45-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Helge Deller <deller@....de>

commit bd726c90b6b8ce87602208701b208a208e6d5600 upstream.

Fix expand_upwards() on architectures with an upward-growing stack (parisc,
metag and partly IA-64) to allow the stack to reliably grow exactly up to
the address space limit given by TASK_SIZE.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 mm/mmap.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2139,16 +2139,19 @@ int expand_upwards(struct vm_area_struct
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	/* Guard against wrapping around to address 0. */
+	/* Guard against exceeding limits of the address space. */
 	address &= PAGE_MASK;
-	address += PAGE_SIZE;
-	if (!address)
+	if (address >= TASK_SIZE)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	address += PAGE_SIZE;
 
 	/* Enforce stack_guard_gap */
 	gap_addr = address + stack_guard_gap;
-	if (gap_addr < address)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Guard against overflow */
+	if (gap_addr < address || gap_addr > TASK_SIZE)
+		gap_addr = TASK_SIZE;
+
 	next = vma->vm_next;
 	if (next && next->vm_start < gap_addr) {
 		if (!(next->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP))