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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mman.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mman.h4
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mman.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
index 775dbd3aff73..5a0256e73f1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#define _ASM_X86_MMAN_H
#define MAP_32BIT 0x40 /* only give out 32bit addresses */
+#define MAP_ABOVE4G 0x80 /* only map above 4GB */
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
#define arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, key) ( \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
index 8cc653ffdccd..c783aeb37dce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@ get_unmapped_area:
info.flags = VM_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN;
info.length = len;
- info.low_limit = PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (!in_32bit_syscall() && (flags & MAP_ABOVE4G))
+ info.low_limit = SZ_4G;
+ else
+ info.low_limit = PAGE_SIZE;
+
info.high_limit = get_mmap_base(0);
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/mman.h b/include/linux/mman.h
index cee1e4b566d8..40d94411d492 100644
--- a/include/linux/mman.h
+++ b/include/linux/mman.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
#ifndef MAP_32BIT
#define MAP_32BIT 0
#endif
+#ifndef MAP_ABOVE4G
+#define MAP_ABOVE4G 0
+#endif
#ifndef MAP_HUGE_2MB
#define MAP_HUGE_2MB 0
#endif
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@
| MAP_STACK \
| MAP_HUGETLB \
| MAP_32BIT \
+ | MAP_ABOVE4G \
| MAP_HUGE_2MB \
| MAP_HUGE_1GB)