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authorMichal Simek <[email protected]>2012-03-30 12:10:03 +0200
committerMichal Simek <[email protected]>2012-03-30 12:10:03 +0200
commit6a4770e335bd4df0a4577146f76e116ab6e23f40 (patch)
tree305056c20b6ccf3a4fed00e9e32f3a1dd039cd70 /mm/util.c
parentac64a9caa55bdfd8d24784f25c68cb7919ddabe3 (diff)
parentf52b69f86e27903d6896ed5fa7cd280fec8de532 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into next
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/util.c41
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 136ac4f322b8..ae962b31de88 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -239,6 +239,47 @@ void __vma_link_list(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
next->vm_prev = vma;
}
+/* Check if the vma is being used as a stack by this task */
+static int vm_is_stack_for_task(struct task_struct *t,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return (vma->vm_start <= KSTK_ESP(t) && vma->vm_end >= KSTK_ESP(t));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if the vma is being used as a stack.
+ * If is_group is non-zero, check in the entire thread group or else
+ * just check in the current task. Returns the pid of the task that
+ * the vma is stack for.
+ */
+pid_t vm_is_stack(struct task_struct *task,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma, int in_group)
+{
+ pid_t ret = 0;
+
+ if (vm_is_stack_for_task(task, vma))
+ return task->pid;
+
+ if (in_group) {
+ struct task_struct *t;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ if (!pid_alive(task))
+ goto done;
+
+ t = task;
+ do {
+ if (vm_is_stack_for_task(t, vma)) {
+ ret = t->pid;
+ goto done;
+ }
+ } while_each_thread(task, t);
+done:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
#if defined(CONFIG_MMU) && !defined(HAVE_ARCH_PICK_MMAP_LAYOUT)
void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
{