Since arm64 memory (allocation) tags can only be stored in RAM, mapping files with PROT_MTE is not allowed by default. RAM-based files like those in a tmpfs mount or memfd_create() can support memory tagging, so update the vm_flags accordingly in shmem_mmap(). Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> --- mm/shmem.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index c8f7540ef048..afd050ac7f8d 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -2226,6 +2226,9 @@ static int shmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) vma->vm_flags &= ~(VM_MAYWRITE); } + /* arm64 - allow memory tagging on RAM-based files */ + vma->vm_flags |= VM_MTE_ALLOWED; + file_accessed(file); vma->vm_ops = &shmem_vm_ops; if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGE_PAGECACHE) &&
