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-rw-r--r--src/arch/x86/process.cc24
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/process.cc b/src/arch/x86/process.cc
index f0b8370c0..d2ce4dbd1 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/process.cc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/process.cc
@@ -112,9 +112,15 @@ X86_64LiveProcess::X86_64LiveProcess(LiveProcessParams *params,
// Set pointer for next thread stack. Reserve 8M for main stack.
next_thread_stack_base = stack_base - (8 * 1024 * 1024);
- // Set up region for mmaps. This was determined empirically and may not
- // always be correct.
- mmap_end = (Addr)0x2aaaaaaab000ULL;
+ // "mmap_base" is a function which defines where mmap region starts in
+ // the process address space.
+ // mmap_base: PAGE_ALIGN(TASK_SIZE-MIN_GAP-mmap_rnd())
+ // TASK_SIZE: (1<<47)-PAGE_SIZE
+ // MIN_GAP: 128*1024*1024+stack_maxrandom_size()
+ // We do not use any address space layout randomization in gem5
+ // therefore the random fields become zero; the smallest gap space was
+ // chosen but gap could potentially be much larger.
+ mmap_end = (Addr)0x7FFFF7FFF000ULL;
}
void
@@ -149,9 +155,15 @@ I386LiveProcess::I386LiveProcess(LiveProcessParams *params,
// Set pointer for next thread stack. Reserve 8M for main stack.
next_thread_stack_base = stack_base - (8 * 1024 * 1024);
- // Set up region for mmaps. This was determined empirically and may not
- // always be correct.
- mmap_end = (Addr)0xf7ffe000ULL;
+ // "mmap_base" is a function which defines where mmap region starts in
+ // the process address space.
+ // mmap_base: PAGE_ALIGN(TASK_SIZE-MIN_GAP-mmap_rnd())
+ // TASK_SIZE: 0xC0000000
+ // MIN_GAP: 128*1024*1024+stack_maxrandom_size()
+ // We do not use any address space layout randomization in gem5
+ // therefore the random fields become zero; the smallest gap space was
+ // chosen but gap could potentially be much larger.
+ mmap_end = (Addr)0xB7FFF000ULL;
}
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