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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/5] arm64, mm: Move generic mmap layout functions to mm
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On 04/10/2019 08:59 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 01:51:25AM -0400, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
>> - fix the case where stack randomization should not be taken into
>> account.
> Hmm. This sounds a bit vague. It might be better if something
> considered a fix is split out to a separate patch with a good
> description.

Ok, I will move this fix in another patch.

>
>> +config ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT
>> + bool
>> + help
>> + This allows to use a set of generic functions to determine mmap base
>> + address by giving priority to top-down scheme only if the process
>> + is not in legacy mode (compat task, unlimited stack size or
>> + sysctl_legacy_va_layout).
> Given that this is an option that is just selected by other Kconfig
> options the help text won't ever be shown. I'd just move it into a
> comment bove the definition.

Oh yes, it does not appear, thanks, I'll move it above the definition.

>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT
> I don't think we need the #ifdef CONFIG_MMU here,
> CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT should only be selected
> if the MMU is enabled to start with.

Ok, thanks.

>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
>> +unsigned long arch_mmap_rnd(void)
> Now that a bunch of architectures use a version in common code
> the arch_ prefix is a bit mislead. Probably not worth changing
> here, but some time in the future it could use a new name.

Ok I'll keep it in mind for later,

Thanks for your time,

Alex

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