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-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c19
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
index 8c4597224b71..4777676365fe 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -213,13 +213,14 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int executable_stack)
vdso_base = VDSO64_MBASE;
}
+ current->thread.vdso_base = 0;
+
/* vDSO has a problem and was disabled, just don't "enable" it for the
* process
*/
- if (vdso_pages == 0) {
- current->thread.vdso_base = 0;
+ if (vdso_pages == 0)
return 0;
- }
+
vma = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
if (vma == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -230,12 +231,16 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int executable_stack)
memset(vma, 0, sizeof(*vma));
/*
- * pick a base address for the vDSO in process space. We have a default
- * base of 1Mb on which we had a random offset up to 1Mb.
- * XXX: Add possibility for a program header to specify that location
+ * pick a base address for the vDSO in process space. We try to put it
+ * at vdso_base which is the "natural" base for it, but we might fail
+ * and end up putting it elsewhere.
*/
+ vdso_base = get_unmapped_area(NULL, vdso_base,
+ vdso_pages << PAGE_SHIFT, 0, 0);
+ if (vdso_base & ~PAGE_MASK)
+ return (int)vdso_base;
+
current->thread.vdso_base = vdso_base;
- /* + ((unsigned long)vma & 0x000ff000); */
vma->vm_mm = mm;
vma->vm_start = current->thread.vdso_base;