linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm/mmap: Define DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD

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Message-Id: <20230828035248.678960-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:22:48 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm/mmap: Define DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD_GAP

This just defines a macro constant i.e DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD_GAP representing
the default gap, guarding the stack mapping. This does not cause functional
changes.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
---
 include/linux/mman.h | 3 +++
 mm/mmap.c            | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mman.h b/include/linux/mman.h
index cee1e4b566d8..cbcd20a071c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mman.h
+++ b/include/linux/mman.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/mman.h>
 
+/* Default gap for stack mapping is 256 pages */
+#define DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD_GAP (256UL << PAGE_SHIFT)
+
 /*
  * Arrange for legacy / undefined architecture specific flags to be
  * ignored by mmap handling code.
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 3937479d0e07..8679750333bb 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ int expand_downwards(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
 }
 
 /* enforced gap between the expanding stack and other mappings. */
-unsigned long stack_guard_gap = 256UL<<PAGE_SHIFT;
+unsigned long stack_guard_gap = DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD_GAP;
 
 static int __init cmdline_parse_stack_guard_gap(char *p)
 {
-- 
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