Re: [PATCH v19 19/25] mm: Re-introduce vm_flags to do_mmap()

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On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 02:55:41PM -0800, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> There was no more caller passing vm_flags to do_mmap(), and vm_flags was
> removed from the function's input by:
> 
>     commit 45e55300f114 ("mm: remove unnecessary wrapper function do_mmap_pgoff()").
> 
> There is a new user now.  Shadow stack allocation passes VM_SHSTK to
> do_mmap().  Re-introduce vm_flags to do_mmap(), but without the old wrapper
> do_mmap_pgoff().  Instead, make all callers of the wrapper pass a zero
> vm_flags to do_mmap().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook



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