mm: variable length argument support

Remove the arg+env limit of MAX_ARG_PAGES by copying the strings directly from
the old mm into the new mm.

We create the new mm before the binfmt code runs, and place the new stack at
the very top of the address space.  Once the binfmt code runs and figures out
where the stack should be, we move it downwards.

It is a bit peculiar in that we have one task with two mm's, one of which is
inactive.

[a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl: limit stack size]
Signed-off-by: Ollie Wild <aaw@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
[bunk@stusta.de: unexport bprm_mm_init]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

6 files changed, 478 insertions, 308 deletions

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index a27e42bf340..295cbaa0e58 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
 	elf_addr_t *elf_info;
 	int ei_index = 0;
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
 	/*
 	 * If this architecture has a platform capability string, copy it
@@ -234,6 +235,15 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
 	sp = (elf_addr_t __user *)bprm->p;
 #endif
 
+
+	/*
+	 * Grow the stack manually; some architectures have a limit on how
+	 * far ahead a user-space access may be in order to grow the stack.
+	 */
+	vma = find_extend_vma(current->mm, bprm->p);
+	if (!vma)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	/* Now, let's put argc (and argv, envp if appropriate) on the stack */
 	if (__put_user(argc, sp++))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -254,8 +264,8 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
 		size_t len;
 		if (__put_user((elf_addr_t)p, argv++))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES);
-		if (!len || len > PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES)
+		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
+		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return 0;
 		p += len;
 	}
@@ -266,8 +276,8 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
 		size_t len;
 		if (__put_user((elf_addr_t)p, envp++))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES);
-		if (!len || len > PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES)
+		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
+		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return 0;
 		p += len;
 	}
@@ -826,10 +836,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	}
 
 	/* OK, This is the point of no return */
-	current->mm->start_data = 0;
-	current->mm->end_data = 0;
-	current->mm->end_code = 0;
-	current->mm->mmap = NULL;
 	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 	current->mm->def_flags = def_flags;
 
@@ -1051,9 +1057,13 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	compute_creds(bprm);
 	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
-	create_elf_tables(bprm, &loc->elf_ex,
+	retval = create_elf_tables(bprm, &loc->elf_ex,
 			  (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT),
 			  load_addr, interp_load_addr);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	/* N.B. passed_fileno might not be initialized? */
 	if (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT)
 		current->mm->arg_start += strlen(passed_fileno) + 1;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 9d62fbad3d4..4739506fb08 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	p = (char __user *) current->mm->arg_start;
 	for (loop = bprm->argc; loop > 0; loop--) {
 		__put_user((elf_caddr_t) p, argv++);
-		len = strnlen_user(p, PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES);
-		if (!len || len > PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES)
+		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
+		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
@@ -633,8 +633,8 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	current->mm->env_start = (unsigned long) p;
 	for (loop = bprm->envc; loop > 0; loop--) {
 		__put_user((elf_caddr_t)(unsigned long) p, envp++);
-		len = strnlen_user(p, PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES);
-		if (!len || len > PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES)
+		len = strnlen_user(p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
+		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 330fd3fe854..42e94b3ab7b 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		goto _ret;
 
 	if (!(fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_PRESERVE_ARGV0)) {
-		remove_arg_zero(bprm);
+		retval = remove_arg_zero(bprm);
+		if (retval)
+			goto _ret;
 	}
 
 	if (fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_OPEN_BINARY) {
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_script.c b/fs/binfmt_script.c
index 304c88544d8..4d0e0f6d327 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_script.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_script.c
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ static int load_script(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 * This is done in reverse order, because of how the
 	 * user environment and arguments are stored.
 	 */
-	remove_arg_zero(bprm);
+	retval = remove_arg_zero(bprm);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
 	retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &bprm->interp, bprm);
 	if (retval < 0) return retval; 
 	bprm->argc++;
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 4db6216e526..15078ce4c04 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ static int compat_copy_strings(int argc, compat_uptr_t __user *argv,
 {
 	struct page *kmapped_page = NULL;
 	char *kaddr = NULL;
+	unsigned long kpos = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	while (argc-- > 0) {
@@ -1265,92 +1266,84 @@ static int compat_copy_strings(int argc, compat_uptr_t __user *argv,
 		unsigned long pos;
 
 		if (get_user(str, argv+argc) ||
-			!(len = strnlen_user(compat_ptr(str), bprm->p))) {
+		    !(len = strnlen_user(compat_ptr(str), MAX_ARG_STRLEN))) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (bprm->p < len)  {
+		if (len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN) {
 			ret = -E2BIG;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		bprm->p -= len;
-		/* XXX: add architecture specific overflow check here. */
+		/* We're going to work our way backwords. */
 		pos = bprm->p;
+		str += len;
+		bprm->p -= len;
 
 		while (len > 0) {
-			int i, new, err;
 			int offset, bytes_to_copy;
-			struct page *page;
 
 			offset = pos % PAGE_SIZE;
-			i = pos/PAGE_SIZE;
-			page = bprm->page[i];
-			new = 0;
-			if (!page) {
-				page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
-				bprm->page[i] = page;
-				if (!page) {
-					ret = -ENOMEM;
+			if (offset == 0)
+				offset = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+			bytes_to_copy = offset;
+			if (bytes_to_copy > len)
+				bytes_to_copy = len;
+
+			offset -= bytes_to_copy;
+			pos -= bytes_to_copy;
+			str -= bytes_to_copy;
+			len -= bytes_to_copy;
+
+			if (!kmapped_page || kpos != (pos & PAGE_MASK)) {
+				struct page *page;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
+				ret = expand_stack_downwards(bprm->vma, pos);
+				if (ret < 0) {
+					/* We've exceed the stack rlimit. */
+					ret = -E2BIG;
+					goto out;
+				}
+#endif
+				ret = get_user_pages(current, bprm->mm, pos,
+						     1, 1, 1, &page, NULL);
+				if (ret <= 0) {
+					/* We've exceed the stack rlimit. */
+					ret = -E2BIG;
 					goto out;
 				}
-				new = 1;
-			}
 
-			if (page != kmapped_page) {
-				if (kmapped_page)
+				if (kmapped_page) {
+					flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
 					kunmap(kmapped_page);
+					put_page(kmapped_page);
+				}
 				kmapped_page = page;
 				kaddr = kmap(kmapped_page);
+				kpos = pos & PAGE_MASK;
+				flush_cache_page(bprm->vma, kpos,
+						 page_to_pfn(kmapped_page));
 			}
-			if (new && offset)
-				memset(kaddr, 0, offset);
-			bytes_to_copy = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
-			if (bytes_to_copy > len) {
-				bytes_to_copy = len;
-				if (new)
-					memset(kaddr+offset+len, 0,
-						PAGE_SIZE-offset-len);
-			}
-			err = copy_from_user(kaddr+offset, compat_ptr(str),
-						bytes_to_copy);
-			if (err) {
+			if (copy_from_user(kaddr+offset, compat_ptr(str),
+						bytes_to_copy)) {
 				ret = -EFAULT;
 				goto out;
 			}
-
-			pos += bytes_to_copy;
-			str += bytes_to_copy;
-			len -= bytes_to_copy;
 		}
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 out:
-	if (kmapped_page)
+	if (kmapped_page) {
+		flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
 		kunmap(kmapped_page);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-
-#define free_arg_pages(bprm) do { } while (0)
-
-#else
-
-static inline void free_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES; i++) {
-		if (bprm->page[i])
-			__free_page(bprm->page[i]);
-		bprm->page[i] = NULL;
+		put_page(kmapped_page);
 	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
-
 /*
  * compat_do_execve() is mostly a copy of do_execve(), with the exception
  * that it processes 32 bit argv and envp pointers.
@@ -1363,7 +1356,6 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 	struct linux_binprm *bprm;
 	struct file *file;
 	int retval;
-	int i;
 
 	retval = -ENOMEM;
 	bprm = kzalloc(sizeof(*bprm), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1377,24 +1369,19 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 
 	sched_exec();
 
-	bprm->p = PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES-sizeof(void *);
 	bprm->file = file;
 	bprm->filename = filename;
 	bprm->interp = filename;
-	bprm->mm = mm_alloc();
-	retval = -ENOMEM;
-	if (!bprm->mm)
-		goto out_file;
 
-	retval = init_new_context(current, bprm->mm);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto out_mm;
+	retval = bprm_mm_init(bprm);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_file;
 
-	bprm->argc = compat_count(argv, bprm->p / sizeof(compat_uptr_t));
+	bprm->argc = compat_count(argv, MAX_ARG_STRINGS);
 	if ((retval = bprm->argc) < 0)
 		goto out_mm;
 
-	bprm->envc = compat_count(envp, bprm->p / sizeof(compat_uptr_t));
+	bprm->envc = compat_count(envp, MAX_ARG_STRINGS);
 	if ((retval = bprm->envc) < 0)
 		goto out_mm;
 
@@ -1421,8 +1408,6 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 
 	retval = search_binary_handler(bprm, regs);
 	if (retval >= 0) {
-		free_arg_pages(bprm);
-
 		/* execve success */
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 		acct_update_integrals(current);
@@ -1431,19 +1416,12 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 	}
 
 out:
-	/* Something went wrong, return the inode and free the argument pages*/
-	for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-		struct page * page = bprm->page[i];
-		if (page)
-			__free_page(page);
-	}
-
 	if (bprm->security)
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 
 out_mm:
 	if (bprm->mm)
-		mmdrop(bprm->mm);
+		mmput(bprm->mm);
 
 out_file:
 	if (bprm->file) {
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 2e3f7950c18..498f2b3dca2 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+#include <asm/tlb.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
@@ -178,6 +179,207 @@ exit:
 	goto out;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+
+static struct page *get_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pos,
+		int write)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	int ret;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
+	if (write) {
+		ret = expand_stack_downwards(bprm->vma, pos);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+#endif
+	ret = get_user_pages(current, bprm->mm, pos,
+			1, write, 1, &page, NULL);
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (write) {
+		struct rlimit *rlim = current->signal->rlim;
+		unsigned long size = bprm->vma->vm_end - bprm->vma->vm_start;
+
+		/*
+		 * Limit to 1/4-th the stack size for the argv+env strings.
+		 * This ensures that:
+		 *  - the remaining binfmt code will not run out of stack space,
+		 *  - the program will have a reasonable amount of stack left
+		 *    to work from.
+		 */
+		if (size > rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur / 4) {
+			put_page(page);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return page;
+}
+
+static void put_arg_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	put_page(page);
+}
+
+static void free_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int i)
+{
+}
+
+static void free_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+}
+
+static void flush_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pos,
+		struct page *page)
+{
+	flush_cache_page(bprm->vma, pos, page_to_pfn(page));
+}
+
+static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = bprm->mm;
+
+	bprm->vma = vma = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!vma)
+		goto err;
+
+	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	vma->vm_mm = mm;
+
+	/*
+	 * Place the stack at the largest stack address the architecture
+	 * supports. Later, we'll move this to an appropriate place. We don't
+	 * use STACK_TOP because that can depend on attributes which aren't
+	 * configured yet.
+	 */
+	vma->vm_end = STACK_TOP_MAX;
+	vma->vm_start = vma->vm_end - PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	vma->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
+	vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[vma->vm_flags & 0x7];
+	err = insert_vm_struct(mm, vma);
+	if (err) {
+		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	mm->stack_vm = mm->total_vm = 1;
+	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	bprm->p = vma->vm_end - sizeof(void *);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	if (vma) {
+		bprm->vma = NULL;
+		kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static bool valid_arg_len(struct linux_binprm *bprm, long len)
+{
+	return len <= MAX_ARG_STRLEN;
+}
+
+#else
+
+static struct page *get_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pos,
+		int write)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+
+	page = bprm->page[pos / PAGE_SIZE];
+	if (!page && write) {
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER|__GFP_ZERO);
+		if (!page)
+			return NULL;
+		bprm->page[pos / PAGE_SIZE] = page;
+	}
+
+	return page;
+}
+
+static void put_arg_page(struct page *page)
+{
+}
+
+static void free_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int i)
+{
+	if (bprm->page[i]) {
+		__free_page(bprm->page[i]);
+		bprm->page[i] = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void free_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES; i++)
+		free_arg_page(bprm, i);
+}
+
+static void flush_arg_page(struct linux_binprm *bprm, unsigned long pos,
+		struct page *page)
+{
+}
+
+static int __bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	bprm->p = PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES - sizeof(void *);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool valid_arg_len(struct linux_binprm *bprm, long len)
+{
+	return len <= bprm->p;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
+
+/*
+ * Create a new mm_struct and populate it with a temporary stack
+ * vm_area_struct.  We don't have enough context at this point to set the stack
+ * flags, permissions, and offset, so we use temporary values.  We'll update
+ * them later in setup_arg_pages().
+ */
+int bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = NULL;
+
+	bprm->mm = mm = mm_alloc();
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!mm)
+		goto err;
+
+	err = init_new_context(current, mm);
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
+	err = __bprm_mm_init(bprm);
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	if (mm) {
+		bprm->mm = NULL;
+		mmdrop(mm);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /*
  * count() counts the number of strings in array ARGV.
  */
@@ -203,15 +405,16 @@ static int count(char __user * __user * argv, int max)
 }
 
 /*
- * 'copy_strings()' copies argument/environment strings from user
- * memory to free pages in kernel mem. These are in a format ready
- * to be put directly into the top of new user memory.
+ * 'copy_strings()' copies argument/environment strings from the old
+ * processes's memory to the new process's stack.  The call to get_user_pages()
+ * ensures the destination page is created and not swapped out.
  */
 static int copy_strings(int argc, char __user * __user * argv,
 			struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
 	struct page *kmapped_page = NULL;
 	char *kaddr = NULL;
+	unsigned long kpos = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	while (argc-- > 0) {
@@ -220,69 +423,69 @@ static int copy_strings(int argc, char __user * __user * argv,
 		unsigned long pos;
 
 		if (get_user(str, argv+argc) ||
-				!(len = strnlen_user(str, bprm->p))) {
+				!(len = strnlen_user(str, MAX_ARG_STRLEN))) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (bprm->p < len)  {
+		if (!valid_arg_len(bprm, len)) {
 			ret = -E2BIG;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		bprm->p -= len;
-		/* XXX: add architecture specific overflow check here. */
+		/* We're going to work our way backwords. */
 		pos = bprm->p;
+		str += len;
+		bprm->p -= len;
 
 		while (len > 0) {
-			int i, new, err;
 			int offset, bytes_to_copy;
-			struct page *page;
 
 			offset = pos % PAGE_SIZE;
-			i = pos/PAGE_SIZE;
-			page = bprm->page[i];
-			new = 0;
-			if (!page) {
-				page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
-				bprm->page[i] = page;
+			if (offset == 0)
+				offset = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+			bytes_to_copy = offset;
+			if (bytes_to_copy > len)
+				bytes_to_copy = len;
+
+			offset -= bytes_to_copy;
+			pos -= bytes_to_copy;
+			str -= bytes_to_copy;
+			len -= bytes_to_copy;
+
+			if (!kmapped_page || kpos != (pos & PAGE_MASK)) {
+				struct page *page;
+
+				page = get_arg_page(bprm, pos, 1);
 				if (!page) {
-					ret = -ENOMEM;
+					ret = -E2BIG;
 					goto out;
 				}
-				new = 1;
-			}
 
-			if (page != kmapped_page) {
-				if (kmapped_page)
+				if (kmapped_page) {
+					flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
 					kunmap(kmapped_page);
+					put_arg_page(kmapped_page);
+				}
 				kmapped_page = page;
 				kaddr = kmap(kmapped_page);
+				kpos = pos & PAGE_MASK;
+				flush_arg_page(bprm, kpos, kmapped_page);
 			}
-			if (new && offset)
-				memset(kaddr, 0, offset);
-			bytes_to_copy = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
-			if (bytes_to_copy > len) {
-				bytes_to_copy = len;
-				if (new)
-					memset(kaddr+offset+len, 0,
-						PAGE_SIZE-offset-len);
-			}
-			err = copy_from_user(kaddr+offset, str, bytes_to_copy);
-			if (err) {
+			if (copy_from_user(kaddr+offset, str, bytes_to_copy)) {
 				ret = -EFAULT;
 				goto out;
 			}
-
-			pos += bytes_to_copy;
-			str += bytes_to_copy;
-			len -= bytes_to_copy;
 		}
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 out:
-	if (kmapped_page)
+	if (kmapped_page) {
+		flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
 		kunmap(kmapped_page);
+		put_arg_page(kmapped_page);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -298,181 +501,172 @@ int copy_strings_kernel(int argc,char ** argv, struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	set_fs(oldfs);
 	return r;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_strings_kernel);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+
 /*
- * This routine is used to map in a page into an address space: needed by
- * execve() for the initial stack and environment pages.
+ * During bprm_mm_init(), we create a temporary stack at STACK_TOP_MAX.  Once
+ * the binfmt code determines where the new stack should reside, we shift it to
+ * its final location.  The process proceeds as follows:
  *
- * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem is held for writing.
+ * 1) Use shift to calculate the new vma endpoints.
+ * 2) Extend vma to cover both the old and new ranges.  This ensures the
+ *    arguments passed to subsequent functions are consistent.
+ * 3) Move vma's page tables to the new range.
+ * 4) Free up any cleared pgd range.
+ * 5) Shrink the vma to cover only the new range.
  */
-void install_arg_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-			struct page *page, unsigned long address)
+static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long shift)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
-	pte_t * pte;
-	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	unsigned long old_start = vma->vm_start;
+	unsigned long old_end = vma->vm_end;
+	unsigned long length = old_end - old_start;
+	unsigned long new_start = old_start - shift;
+	unsigned long new_end = old_end - shift;
+	struct mmu_gather *tlb;
 
-	if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(vma)))
-		goto out;
+	BUG_ON(new_start > new_end);
 
-	flush_dcache_page(page);
-	pte = get_locked_pte(mm, address, &ptl);
-	if (!pte)
-		goto out;
-	if (!pte_none(*pte)) {
-		pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
-		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * ensure there are no vmas between where we want to go
+	 * and where we are
+	 */
+	if (vma != find_vma(mm, new_start))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	/*
+	 * cover the whole range: [new_start, old_end)
+	 */
+	vma_adjust(vma, new_start, old_end, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * move the page tables downwards, on failure we rely on
+	 * process cleanup to remove whatever mess we made.
+	 */
+	if (length != move_page_tables(vma, old_start,
+				       vma, new_start, length))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	lru_add_drain();
+	tlb = tlb_gather_mmu(mm, 0);
+	if (new_end > old_start) {
+		/*
+		 * when the old and new regions overlap clear from new_end.
+		 */
+		free_pgd_range(&tlb, new_end, old_end, new_end,
+			vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : 0);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * otherwise, clean from old_start; this is done to not touch
+		 * the address space in [new_end, old_start) some architectures
+		 * have constraints on va-space that make this illegal (IA64) -
+		 * for the others its just a little faster.
+		 */
+		free_pgd_range(&tlb, old_start, old_end, new_end,
+			vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : 0);
 	}
-	inc_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
-	lru_cache_add_active(page);
-	set_pte_at(mm, address, pte, pte_mkdirty(pte_mkwrite(mk_pte(
-					page, vma->vm_page_prot))));
-	page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);
-	pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
-
-	/* no need for flush_tlb */
-	return;
-out:
-	__free_page(page);
-	force_sig(SIGKILL, current);
+	tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, new_end, old_end);
+
+	/*
+	 * shrink the vma to just the new range.
+	 */
+	vma_adjust(vma, new_start, new_end, vma->vm_pgoff, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #define EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES	20	/* random */
 
+/*
+ * Finalizes the stack vm_area_struct. The flags and permissions are updated,
+ * the stack is optionally relocated, and some extra space is added.
+ */
 int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		    unsigned long stack_top,
 		    int executable_stack)
 {
-	unsigned long stack_base;
-	struct vm_area_struct *mpnt;
+	unsigned long ret;
+	unsigned long stack_shift;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	int i, ret;
-	long arg_size;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = bprm->vma;
+	struct vm_area_struct *prev = NULL;
+	unsigned long vm_flags;
+	unsigned long stack_base;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
-	/* Move the argument and environment strings to the bottom of the
-	 * stack space.
-	 */
-	int offset, j;
-	char *to, *from;
-
-	/* Start by shifting all the pages down */
-	i = 0;
-	for (j = 0; j < MAX_ARG_PAGES; j++) {
-		struct page *page = bprm->page[j];
-		if (!page)
-			continue;
-		bprm->page[i++] = page;
-	}
-
-	/* Now move them within their pages */
-	offset = bprm->p % PAGE_SIZE;
-	to = kmap(bprm->page[0]);
-	for (j = 1; j < i; j++) {
-		memmove(to, to + offset, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
-		from = kmap(bprm->page[j]);
-		memcpy(to + PAGE_SIZE - offset, from, offset);
-		kunmap(bprm->page[j - 1]);
-		to = from;
-	}
-	memmove(to, to + offset, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
-	kunmap(bprm->page[j - 1]);
-
 	/* Limit stack size to 1GB */
 	stack_base = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_max;
 	if (stack_base > (1 << 30))
 		stack_base = 1 << 30;
-	stack_base = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_top - stack_base);
 
-	/* Adjust bprm->p to point to the end of the strings. */
-	bprm->p = stack_base + PAGE_SIZE * i - offset;
+	/* Make sure we didn't let the argument array grow too large. */
+	if (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start > stack_base)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mm->arg_start = stack_base;
-	arg_size = i << PAGE_SHIFT;
+	stack_base = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_top - stack_base);
 
-	/* zero pages that were copied above */
-	while (i < MAX_ARG_PAGES)
-		bprm->page[i++] = NULL;
+	stack_shift = vma->vm_start - stack_base;
+	mm->arg_start = bprm->p - stack_shift;
+	bprm->p = vma->vm_end - stack_shift;
 #else
-	stack_base = arch_align_stack(stack_top - MAX_ARG_PAGES*PAGE_SIZE);
-	stack_base = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_base);
-	bprm->p += stack_base;
+	stack_top = arch_align_stack(stack_top);
+	stack_top = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_top);
+	stack_shift = vma->vm_end - stack_top;
+
+	bprm->p -= stack_shift;
 	mm->arg_start = bprm->p;
-	arg_size = stack_top - (PAGE_MASK & (unsigned long) mm->arg_start);
 #endif
 
-	arg_size += EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
-
 	if (bprm->loader)
-		bprm->loader += stack_base;
-	bprm->exec += stack_base;
-
-	mpnt = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mpnt)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		bprm->loader -= stack_shift;
+	bprm->exec -= stack_shift;
 
 	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	{
-		mpnt->vm_mm = mm;
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
-		mpnt->vm_start = stack_base;
-		mpnt->vm_end = stack_base + arg_size;
-#else
-		mpnt->vm_end = stack_top;
-		mpnt->vm_start = mpnt->vm_end - arg_size;
-#endif
-		/* Adjust stack execute permissions; explicitly enable
-		 * for EXSTACK_ENABLE_X, disable for EXSTACK_DISABLE_X
-		 * and leave alone (arch default) otherwise. */
-		if (unlikely(executable_stack == EXSTACK_ENABLE_X))
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS |  VM_EXEC;
-		else if (executable_stack == EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS & ~VM_EXEC;
-		else
-			mpnt->vm_flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS;
-		mpnt->vm_flags |= mm->def_flags;
-		mpnt->vm_page_prot = protection_map[mpnt->vm_flags & 0x7];
-		if ((ret = insert_vm_struct(mm, mpnt))) {
+	vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Adjust stack execute permissions; explicitly enable for
+	 * EXSTACK_ENABLE_X, disable for EXSTACK_DISABLE_X and leave alone
+	 * (arch default) otherwise.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(executable_stack == EXSTACK_ENABLE_X))
+		vm_flags |= VM_EXEC;
+	else if (executable_stack == EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
+		vm_flags &= ~VM_EXEC;
+	vm_flags |= mm->def_flags;
+
+	ret = mprotect_fixup(vma, &prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
+			vm_flags);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unlock;
+	BUG_ON(prev != vma);
+
+	/* Move stack pages down in memory. */
+	if (stack_shift) {
+		ret = shift_arg_pages(vma, stack_shift);
+		if (ret) {
 			up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-			kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, mpnt);
 			return ret;
 		}
-		mm->stack_vm = mm->total_vm = vma_pages(mpnt);
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-		struct page *page = bprm->page[i];
-		if (page) {
-			bprm->page[i] = NULL;
-			install_arg_page(mpnt, page, stack_base);
-		}
-		stack_base += PAGE_SIZE;
-	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
+	stack_base = vma->vm_end + EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
+#else
+	stack_base = vma->vm_start - EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
+#endif
+	ret = expand_stack(vma, stack_base);
+	if (ret)
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+
+out_unlock:
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	
 	return 0;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(setup_arg_pages);
 
-#define free_arg_pages(bprm) do { } while (0)
-
-#else
-
-static inline void free_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES; i++) {
-		if (bprm->page[i])
-			__free_page(bprm->page[i]);
-		bprm->page[i] = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
 struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
@@ -1000,43 +1194,42 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(compute_creds);
  * points to; chop off the first by relocating brpm->p to right after
  * the first '\0' encountered.
  */
-void remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+int remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
-	if (bprm->argc) {
-		char ch;
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned long offset;
+	char *kaddr;
+	struct page *page;
 
-		do {
-			unsigned long offset;
-			unsigned long index;
-			char *kaddr;
-			struct page *page;
-
-			offset = bprm->p & ~PAGE_MASK;
-			index = bprm->p >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	if (!bprm->argc)
+		return 0;
 
-			page = bprm->page[index];
-			kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
+	do {
+		offset = bprm->p & ~PAGE_MASK;
+		page = get_arg_page(bprm, bprm->p, 0);
+		if (!page) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 
-			/* run through page until we reach end or find NUL */
-			do {
-				ch = *(kaddr + offset);
+		for (; offset < PAGE_SIZE && kaddr[offset];
+				offset++, bprm->p++)
+			;
 
-				/* discard that character... */
-				bprm->p++;
-				offset++;
-			} while (offset < PAGE_SIZE && ch != '\0');
+		kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+		put_arg_page(page);
 
-			kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+		if (offset == PAGE_SIZE)
+			free_arg_page(bprm, (bprm->p >> PAGE_SHIFT) - 1);
+	} while (offset == PAGE_SIZE);
 
-			/* free the old page */
-			if (offset == PAGE_SIZE) {
-				__free_page(page);
-				bprm->page[index] = NULL;
-			}
-		} while (ch != '\0');
+	bprm->p++;
+	bprm->argc--;
+	ret = 0;
 
-		bprm->argc--;
-	}
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_arg_zero);
 
@@ -1062,7 +1255,7 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 		fput(bprm->file);
 		bprm->file = NULL;
 
-	        loader = PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES-sizeof(void *);
+		loader = bprm->vma->vm_end - sizeof(void *);
 
 		file = open_exec("/sbin/loader");
 		retval = PTR_ERR(file);
@@ -1156,7 +1349,6 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 	struct file *file;
 	unsigned long env_p;
 	int retval;
-	int i;
 
 	retval = -ENOMEM;
 	bprm = kzalloc(sizeof(*bprm), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1170,25 +1362,19 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 
 	sched_exec();
 
-	bprm->p = PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES-sizeof(void *);
-
 	bprm->file = file;
 	bprm->filename = filename;
 	bprm->interp = filename;
-	bprm->mm = mm_alloc();
-	retval = -ENOMEM;
-	if (!bprm->mm)
-		goto out_file;
 
-	retval = init_new_context(current, bprm->mm);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto out_mm;
+	retval = bprm_mm_init(bprm);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_file;
 
-	bprm->argc = count(argv, bprm->p / sizeof(void *));
+	bprm->argc = count(argv, MAX_ARG_STRINGS);
 	if ((retval = bprm->argc) < 0)
 		goto out_mm;
 
-	bprm->envc = count(envp, bprm->p / sizeof(void *));
+	bprm->envc = count(envp, MAX_ARG_STRINGS);
 	if ((retval = bprm->envc) < 0)
 		goto out_mm;
 
@@ -1217,9 +1403,8 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 
 	retval = search_binary_handler(bprm,regs);
 	if (retval >= 0) {
-		free_arg_pages(bprm);
-
 		/* execve success */
+		free_arg_pages(bprm);
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 		acct_update_integrals(current);
 		kfree(bprm);
@@ -1227,26 +1412,19 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 	}
 
 out:
-	/* Something went wrong, return the inode and free the argument pages*/
-	for (i = 0 ; i < MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++) {
-		struct page * page = bprm->page[i];
-		if (page)
-			__free_page(page);
-	}
-
+	free_arg_pages(bprm);
 	if (bprm->security)
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 
 out_mm:
 	if (bprm->mm)
-		mmdrop(bprm->mm);
+		mmput (bprm->mm);
 
 out_file:
 	if (bprm->file) {
 		allow_write_access(bprm->file);
 		fput(bprm->file);
 	}
-
 out_kfree:
 	kfree(bprm);