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H A Dmmap.ccb07c9a1 Tue Nov 14 04:03:38 CST 2006 David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> [PATCH] hugetlb: check for brk() entering a hugepage region

Unlike mmap(), the codepath for brk() creates a vma without first checking
that it doesn't touch a region exclusively reserved for hugepages. On
powerpc, this can allow it to create a normal page vma in a hugepage
region, causing oopses and other badness.

Add a test to prevent this. With this patch, brk() will simply fail if it
attempts to move the break into a hugepage reserved region.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Cc: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
cb07c9a1 Tue Nov 14 04:03:38 CST 2006 David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> [PATCH] hugetlb: check for brk() entering a hugepage region

Unlike mmap(), the codepath for brk() creates a vma without first checking
that it doesn't touch a region exclusively reserved for hugepages. On
powerpc, this can allow it to create a normal page vma in a hugepage
region, causing oopses and other badness.

Add a test to prevent this. With this patch, brk() will simply fail if it
attempts to move the break into a hugepage reserved region.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Cc: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>