On Wed 05-07-17 14:18:49, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:28:49 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > "mm: enlarge stack guard gap" has introduced a regression in some rust > > and Java environments which are trying to implement their own stack > > guard page. They are punching a new MAP_FIXED mapping inside the > > existing stack Vma. > > > > This will confuse expand_{downwards,upwards} into thinking that the stack > > expansion would in fact get us too close to an existing non-stack vma > > which is a correct behavior wrt. safety. It is a real regression on > > the other hand. Let's work around the problem by considering PROT_NONE > > mapping as a part of the stack. This is a gros hack but overflowing to > > such a mapping would trap anyway an we only can hope that usespace > > knows what it is doing and handle it propely. > > > > Fixes: d4d2d35e6ef9 ("mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas") > > That should be 1be7107fbe18, yes? yes. d4d2d35e6ef9 was a cherry-pick into the mmotm git tree. Sorry about that. > > Debugged-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- 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>