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mm/mremap: fail map duplication attempts for private mappings
mremap will attempt to create a 'duplicate' mapping if old_size == 0 is specified. In the case of private mappings, mremap will actually create a fresh separate private mapping unrelated to the original. This does not fit with the design semantics of mremap as the intention is to create a new mapping based on the original. Therefore, return EINVAL in the case where an attempt is made to duplicate a private mapping. Also, print a warning message (once) if such an attempt is made. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <[email protected]> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <[email protected]> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <[email protected]> Cc: Aaron Lu <[email protected]> Cc: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <[email protected]> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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@@ -384,6 +384,19 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *vma_to_resize(unsigned long addr,
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if (!vma || vma->vm_start > addr)
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return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
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/*
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* !old_len is a special case where an attempt is made to 'duplicate'
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* a mapping. This makes no sense for private mappings as it will
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* instead create a fresh/new mapping unrelated to the original. This
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* is contrary to the basic idea of mremap which creates new mappings
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* based on the original. There are no known use cases for this
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* behavior. As a result, fail such attempts.
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*/
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if (!old_len && !(vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE))) {
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pr_warn_once("%s (%d): attempted to duplicate a private mapping with mremap. This is not supported.\n", current->comm, current->pid);
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return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
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}
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if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
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return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
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