Larger address spaces mean larger MPX bounds table sizes. This tracks which size tables we are using. "MAWA" is what the hardware documentation calls this feature: MPX Address-Width Adjust. We will carry that nomenclature throughout this series. The new field will be optimized and get packed into 'bd_addr' in a later patch. But, leave it separate for now to make the series simpler. --- b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h | 1 + b/arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h~mawa-020-mmu_context-mawa arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h~mawa-020-mmu_context-mawa 2017-01-26 14:31:32.643673297 -0800 +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h 2017-01-26 14:31:32.647673476 -0800 @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ typedef struct { #ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MPX /* address of the bounds directory */ void __user *bd_addr; + int mpx_mawa; #endif } mm_context_t; diff -puN arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h~mawa-020-mmu_context-mawa arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h~mawa-020-mmu_context-mawa 2017-01-26 14:31:32.644673342 -0800 +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h 2017-01-26 14:31:32.648673521 -0800 @@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ static inline void mpx_mm_init(struct mm * directory, so point this at an invalid address. */ mm->context.bd_addr = MPX_INVALID_BOUNDS_DIR; + /* + * All processes start out in "legacy" MPX mode with + * MAWA=0. + */ + mm->context.mpx_mawa = 0; +} +static inline int mpx_mawa_shift(struct mm_struct *mm) +{ + return mm->context.mpx_mawa; } void mpx_notify_unmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long end); _ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>