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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2010-03-01 10:55:20 +0300
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2010-03-01 10:55:20 +0300
commit35858adbfca13678af99fb31618ef4428d6dedb0 (patch)
tree3336feaa61324486945816cb52c347733e7c0821 /include/linux/poison.h
parent197d4db752e67160d79fed09968c2140376a80a3 (diff)
parent4b70858ba8d4537daf782defebe5f2ff80ccef2b (diff)
downloadlinux-35858adbfca13678af99fb31618ef4428d6dedb0.tar.xz
Merge branch 'next' into for-linus
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diff --git a/include/linux/poison.h b/include/linux/poison.h
index 7fc194aef8c2..2110a81c5e2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/poison.h
+++ b/include/linux/poison.h
@@ -2,13 +2,25 @@
#define _LINUX_POISON_H
/********** include/linux/list.h **********/
+
+/*
+ * Architectures might want to move the poison pointer offset
+ * into some well-recognized area such as 0xdead000000000000,
+ * that is also not mappable by user-space exploits:
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
+# define POISON_POINTER_DELTA _AC(CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE, UL)
+#else
+# define POISON_POINTER_DELTA 0
+#endif
+
/*
* These are non-NULL pointers that will result in page faults
* under normal circumstances, used to verify that nobody uses
* non-initialized list entries.
*/
-#define LIST_POISON1 ((void *) 0x00100100)
-#define LIST_POISON2 ((void *) 0x00200200)
+#define LIST_POISON1 ((void *) 0x00100100 + POISON_POINTER_DELTA)
+#define LIST_POISON2 ((void *) 0x00200200 + POISON_POINTER_DELTA)
/********** include/linux/timer.h **********/
/*