linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/12] mm: Use get_unmapped_area

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:49:39 +0000
From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, "debug@...osinc.com"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/12] mm: Use get_unmapped_area_vmflags()



Le 13/03/2024 à 15:55, Edgecombe, Rick P a écrit :
> On Wed, 2024-03-13 at 09:05 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>
>> What about get_area(), what happens to vm_flags in case that function
>> is
>> used ?
> 
> Shadow stack can only be private and anonymous memory. So this way is
> to avoid unnecessary plumbing. And that plumbing becomes quite
> extensive when you start intersecting with the
> f_ops->get_unmapped_area(), so its pretty fortunate.

Ok,


Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>