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Revert "mm: mmap: allow for the maximum number of bits for randomizing mmap_base by default"
This reverts commit 3afb76a. This was a wrongheaded workaround for an issue that had already been fixed much better by commit 4ef9ad1 ("mm: huge_memory: don't force huge page alignment on 32 bit"). Asking users questions at kernel compile time that they can't make sense of is not a viable strategy. And the fact that even the kernel VM maintainers apparently didn't catch that this "fix" is not a fix any more pretty much proves the point that people can't be expected to understand the implications of the question. It may well be the case that we could improve things further, and that __thp_get_unmapped_area() should take the mapping randomization into account even for 64-bit kernels. Maybe we should not be so eager to use THP mappings. But in no case should this be a kernel config option. Cc: Rafael Aquini <[email protected]> Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Cc: Jiri Slaby <[email protected]> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <[email protected]> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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@@ -1046,21 +1046,10 @@ config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
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config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
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int
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config FORCE_MAX_MMAP_RND_BITS
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bool "Force maximum number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address"
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default y if !64BIT
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help
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ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS and ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS represent the number
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of bits to use for ASLR and if no custom value is assigned (EXPERT)
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then the architecture's lower bound (minimum) value is assumed.
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This toggle changes that default assumption to assume the arch upper
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bound (maximum) value instead.
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config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
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int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address" if EXPERT
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range ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
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default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
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default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX if FORCE_MAX_MMAP_RND_BITS
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default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
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depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
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int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address for compatible applications" if EXPERT
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range ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
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default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT
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default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX if FORCE_MAX_MMAP_RND_BITS
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default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
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depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
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