[PATCH] elf: early conversion of elf p_flags to mprotect flags

Cupertino Miranda cupertino.miranda@oracle.com
Wed Jun 11 15:34:14 GMT 2025


PING.

On 04-06-2025 16:58, Cupertino Miranda wrote:
> PING! :)
> 
> On 14-05-2025 16:18, Cupertino Miranda wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> This patch is related to a change requested by Florian in respect to
>> adding support for MTE stack mode, to which stacks in general needed to
>> be protected with PROT_MTE.
>>
>> Both the files dl-mmap-prot.[ch] and the function name __pf_to_prot,
>> should likely be renamed. Please advise.
>>
>> No regressions for x86-64.
>>
>> Looking forward to your comments.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Cupertino
>>
>> This patch replaces _dl_stack_flags global variable by
>> _dl_stack_prot_flags.
>> The advantage is that any convertion from p_flags to final used mprotect
>> flags occurs at loading of p_flags. It avoids repeated spurious
>> convertions of _dl_stack_flags, for example in allocate_thread_stack.
>>
>> This modification was suggested in:
>>    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2025-March/165537.html
>> ---
>>   elf/Makefile                           |  4 ++-
>>   elf/dl-execstack-tunable.c             |  2 +-
>>   elf/dl-load.c                          | 20 ++++---------
>>   elf/dl-mmap-prot.c                     | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   elf/dl-mmap-prot.h                     | 26 ++++++++++++++++
>>   elf/dl-support.c                       |  7 ++---
>>   elf/rtld.c                             |  5 +++-
>>   nptl/allocatestack.c                   | 12 ++------
>>   support/support_stack_alloc.c          |  9 +++---
>>   sysdeps/alpha/stackinfo.h              |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/arm/stackinfo.h                |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h             |  1 +
>>   sysdeps/generic/stackinfo.h            |  2 +-
>>   sysdeps/hppa/stackinfo.h               |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/i386/stackinfo.h               |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/m68k/stackinfo.h               |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/mach/htl/pt-stack-alloc.c      |  2 +-
>>   sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-execstack.c       |  2 +-
>>   sysdeps/microblaze/stackinfo.h         |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/mips/stackinfo.h               |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/or1k/stackinfo.h               |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/stackinfo.h  |  4 +--
>>   sysdeps/s390/stackinfo.h               |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/sh/stackinfo.h                 |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/sparc/stackinfo.h              |  6 ++--
>>   sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c |  2 +-
>>   sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c       |  5 +---
>>   sysdeps/x86_64/stackinfo.h             |  6 ++--
>>   28 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 elf/dl-mmap-prot.c
>>   create mode 100644 elf/dl-mmap-prot.h
>>
>> diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
>> index ed1b0223da..a2e592b50f 100644
>> --- a/elf/Makefile
>> +++ b/elf/Makefile
>> @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ dl-routines = \
>>     dl-lookup-direct \
>>     dl-minimal-malloc \
>>     dl-misc \
>> +  dl-mmap-prot \
>>     dl-object \
>>     dl-open \
>>     dl-origin \
>> @@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ rtld-routines = \
>>     dl-hwcaps_split \
>>     dl-libc_freeres \
>>     dl-minimal \
>> +  dl-mmap-prot \
>>     dl-mutex \
>>     dl-profile \
>>     dl-sysdep \
>> @@ -2154,7 +2156,7 @@ $(objpfx)execstack-default: $(first-word 
>> $(wildcard $(sysdirs:%=%/stackinfo.h)))
>>       $(make-target-directory)
>>       { echo '#include <elf.h>'; \
>>         echo '#include <stackinfo.h>'; \
>> -      echo '#if (DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS & PF_X) == 0'; \
>> +      echo '#if (DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS & PROT_EXEC) == 0'; \
>>         echo '@@@execstack-no@@@'; \
>>         echo '#else'; \
>>         echo '@@@execstack-yes@@@'; \
>> diff --git a/elf/dl-execstack-tunable.c b/elf/dl-execstack-tunable.c
>> index e3b638aeaa..b2511ea031 100644
>> --- a/elf/dl-execstack-tunable.c
>> +++ b/elf/dl-execstack-tunable.c
>> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ _dl_handle_execstack_tunable (void)
>>     switch (TUNABLE_GET (glibc, rtld, execstack, int32_t, NULL))
>>       {
>>       case stack_tunable_mode_disable:
>> -      if ((__glibc_unlikely (GL(dl_stack_flags)) & PF_X))
>> +      if ((__glibc_unlikely (GL(dl_stack_prot_flags)) & PROT_EXEC))
>>       _dl_fatal_printf (
>>   "Fatal glibc error: executable stack is not allowed\n");
>>         break;
>> diff --git a/elf/dl-load.c b/elf/dl-load.c
>> index bf29ec725d..6aae07b9f0 100644
>> --- a/elf/dl-load.c
>> +++ b/elf/dl-load.c
>> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct filebuf
>>   #include <dl-unmap-segments.h>
>>   #include <dl-machine-reject-phdr.h>
>>   #include <dl-prop.h>
>> +#include <dl-mmap-prot.h>
>>   #include <not-cancel.h>
>>   #include <endian.h>
>> @@ -1096,7 +1097,7 @@ _dl_map_object_from_fd (const char *name, const 
>> char *origname, int fd,
>>      /* On most platforms presume that PT_GNU_STACK is absent and the 
>> stack is
>>       * executable.  Other platforms default to a nonexecutable stack 
>> and don't
>>       * need PT_GNU_STACK to do so.  */
>> -   unsigned int stack_flags = DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS;
>> +   unsigned int stack_flags = DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS;
>>     {
>>       /* Scan the program header table, collecting its load commands.  */
>> @@ -1171,18 +1172,7 @@ _dl_map_object_from_fd (const char *name, const 
>> char *origname, int fd,
>>         DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;
>>         /* Optimize a common case.  */
>> -#if (PF_R | PF_W | PF_X) == 7 && (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC) 
>> == 7
>> -      c->prot = (PF_TO_PROT
>> -             >> ((ph->p_flags & (PF_R | PF_W | PF_X)) * 4)) & 0xf;
>> -#else
>> -      c->prot = 0;
>> -      if (ph->p_flags & PF_R)
>> -        c->prot |= PROT_READ;
>> -      if (ph->p_flags & PF_W)
>> -        c->prot |= PROT_WRITE;
>> -      if (ph->p_flags & PF_X)
>> -        c->prot |= PROT_EXEC;
>> -#endif
>> +      c->prot = __pf_to_prot (ph->p_flags);
>>         break;
>>       case PT_TLS:
>> @@ -1219,7 +1209,7 @@ _dl_map_object_from_fd (const char *name, const 
>> char *origname, int fd,
>>         break;
>>       case PT_GNU_STACK:
>> -      stack_flags = ph->p_flags;
>> +      stack_flags = __pf_to_prot (ph->p_flags);
>>         break;
>>       case PT_GNU_RELRO:
>> @@ -1319,7 +1309,7 @@ _dl_map_object_from_fd (const char *name, const 
>> char *origname, int fd,
>>       /* Adjust the PT_PHDR value by the runtime load address.  */
>>       l->l_phdr = (ElfW(Phdr) *) ((ElfW(Addr)) l->l_phdr + l->l_addr);
>> -  if (__glibc_unlikely ((stack_flags &~ GL(dl_stack_flags)) & PF_X))
>> +  if (__glibc_unlikely ((stack_flags &~ GL(dl_stack_prot_flags)) & 
>> PROT_EXEC))
>>       {
>>         /* The stack is presently not executable, but this module
>>        requires that it be executable.  Only tries to change the
>> diff --git a/elf/dl-mmap-prot.c b/elf/dl-mmap-prot.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..6b665d84d4
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/elf/dl-mmap-prot.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
>> +/* Convertion from elf p_flags to mmap prot ones.
>> +   Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
>> +
>> +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>> +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
>> +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
>> +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>> +
>> +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
>> +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
>> +
>> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
>> +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
>> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>> +
>> +#include <dl-mmap-prot.h>
>> +#include <ldsodefs.h>
>> +#include <sys/mman.h>
>> +#include <stackinfo.h>
>> +
>> +int _dl_stack_prot_flags = DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS;
>> +
>> +int
>> +__pf_to_prot (ElfW(Word) value)
>> +{
>> +#if (PF_R | PF_W | PF_X) == 7 && (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC) 
>> == 7
>> +  return (PF_TO_PROT >> ((value & (PF_R | PF_W | PF_X)) * 4)) & 0xf;
>> +#else
>> +  ElfW(Word) ret = 0;
>> +  if (value & PF_R)
>> +    ret |= PROT_READ;
>> +  if (value & PF_W)
>> +    ret |= PROT_WRITE;
>> +  if (value & PF_X)
>> +    ret |= PROT_EXEC;
>> +  return ret;
>> +#endif
>> +}
>> diff --git a/elf/dl-mmap-prot.h b/elf/dl-mmap-prot.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..94286e598f
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/elf/dl-mmap-prot.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
>> +/* Convertion from elf p_flags to mmap prot ones.
>> +   Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
>> +
>> +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>> +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
>> +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
>> +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>> +
>> +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
>> +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
>> +
>> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
>> +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
>> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>> +
>> +#ifndef _DL_MMAP_PROT_H
>> +#define _DL_MMAP_PROT_H
>> +
>> +#include <link.h>
>> +
>> +int __pf_to_prot (ElfW(Word) value);
>> +
>> +#endif /* _DL_MMAP_PROT_H */
>> diff --git a/elf/dl-support.c b/elf/dl-support.c
>> index 7b2a1c35d5..2484fa83e4 100644
>> --- a/elf/dl-support.c
>> +++ b/elf/dl-support.c
>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>>   #include <array_length.h>
>>   #include <dl-symbol-redir-ifunc.h>
>>   #include <dl-tunables.h>
>> +#include <dl-mmap-prot.h>
>>   extern char *__progname;
>>   char **_dl_argv = &__progname;    /* This is checked for some error 
>> messages.  */
>> @@ -166,10 +167,6 @@ enum dso_sort_algorithm _dl_dso_sort_algo;
>>   /* The value of the FPU control word the kernel will preset in 
>> hardware.  */
>>   fpu_control_t _dl_fpu_control = _FPU_DEFAULT;
>> -/* Prevailing state of the stack.  Generally this includes PF_X, 
>> indicating it's
>> - * executable but this isn't true for all platforms.  */
>> -ElfW(Word) _dl_stack_flags = DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS;
>> -
>>   #if PTHREAD_IN_LIBC
>>   list_t _dl_stack_used;
>>   list_t _dl_stack_user;
>> @@ -322,7 +319,7 @@ _dl_non_dynamic_init (void)
>>         {
>>         /* Check if the stack is nonexecutable.  */
>>         case PT_GNU_STACK:
>> -    _dl_stack_flags = ph->p_flags;
>> +    _dl_stack_prot_flags = __pf_to_prot (ph->p_flags);
>>       break;
>>         case PT_GNU_RELRO:
>> diff --git a/elf/rtld.c b/elf/rtld.c
>> index 3af8ee63c3..fb76521c27 100644
>> --- a/elf/rtld.c
>> +++ b/elf/rtld.c
>> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
>>   #include <dl-find_object.h>
>>   #include <dl-audit-check.h>
>>   #include <dl-call_tls_init_tp.h>
>> +#include <dl-mmap-prot.h>
>>   #include <assert.h>
>> @@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ struct rtld_global _rtld_global =
>>   #include <dl-procruntime.c>
>>       /* Generally the default presumption without further information 
>> is an
>>        * executable stack but this is not true for all platforms.  */
>> -    ._dl_stack_flags = DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS,
>> +    ._dl_stack_prot_flags = DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS,
>>   #ifdef _LIBC_REENTRANT
>>       ._dl_load_lock = _RTLD_LOCK_RECURSIVE_INITIALIZER,
>>       ._dl_load_write_lock = _RTLD_LOCK_RECURSIVE_INITIALIZER,
>> @@ -1197,6 +1198,7 @@ rtld_setup_main_map (struct link_map *main_map)
>>         case PT_GNU_STACK:
>>       GL(dl_stack_flags) = ph->p_flags;
>> +    GL(dl_stack_prot_flags) = __pf_to_prot (ph->p_flags);
>>       break;
>>         case PT_GNU_RELRO:
>> @@ -1502,6 +1504,7 @@ dl_main (const ElfW(Phdr) *phdr,
>>       if (ph->p_type == PT_GNU_STACK)
>>         {
>>           GL(dl_stack_flags) = ph->p_flags;
>> +        GL(dl_stack_prot_flags) = __pf_to_prot (ph->p_flags);
>>           break;
>>         }
>> diff --git a/nptl/allocatestack.c b/nptl/allocatestack.c
>> index 800ca89720..4c2aacdd10 100644
>> --- a/nptl/allocatestack.c
>> +++ b/nptl/allocatestack.c
>> @@ -150,17 +150,11 @@ get_cached_stack (size_t *sizep, void **memp)
>>      and fallback to ALLOCATE_GUARD_PROT_NONE if the madvise call 
>> fails.  */
>>   static int allocate_stack_mode = ALLOCATE_GUARD_MADV_GUARD;
>> -static inline int stack_prot (void)
>> -{
>> -  return (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE
>> -      | ((GL(dl_stack_flags) & PF_X) ? PROT_EXEC : 0));
>> -}
>> -
>>   static void *
>>   allocate_thread_stack (size_t size, size_t guardsize)
>>   {
>>     /* MADV_ADVISE_GUARD does not require an additional PROT_NONE 
>> mapping.  */
>> -  int prot = stack_prot ();
>> +  int prot = GL(dl_stack_prot_flags);
>>     if (atomic_load_relaxed (&allocate_stack_mode) == 
>> ALLOCATE_GUARD_PROT_NONE)
>>       /* If a guard page is required, avoid committing memory by first 
>> allocate
>> @@ -216,7 +210,7 @@ setup_stack_prot (char *mem, size_t size, struct 
>> pthread *pd,
>>       }
>>     else
>>       {
>> -      const int prot = stack_prot ();
>> +      const int prot = GL(dl_stack_prot_flags);
>>         char *guardend = guard + guardsize;
>>   #if _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
>>         /* As defined at guard_position, for architectures with 
>> downward stack
>> @@ -294,7 +288,7 @@ adjust_stack_prot (char *mem, size_t size, const 
>> struct pthread *pd,
>>       }
>>         else if (pd->stack_mode == ALLOCATE_GUARD_PROT_NONE)
>>       {
>> -      const int prot = stack_prot ();
>> +      const int prot = GL(dl_stack_prot_flags);
>>   #if _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
>>         return __mprotect (mem + guardsize, slacksize, prot) == 0;
>>   #else
>> diff --git a/support/support_stack_alloc.c b/support/ 
>> support_stack_alloc.c
>> index 5e576bea74..132e7b4f70 100644
>> --- a/support/support_stack_alloc.c
>> +++ b/support/support_stack_alloc.c
>> @@ -64,11 +64,10 @@ support_stack_alloc (size_t size)
>>                               MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE| 
>> MAP_STACK,
>>                               -1);
>>     /* Some architecture still requires executable stack for the 
>> signal return
>> -     trampoline, although PF_X could be overridden if PT_GNU_STACK is 
>> present.
>> -     However since glibc does not export such information with a 
>> proper ABI,
>> -     it uses the historical permissions.  */
>> -  int prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE
>> -         | (DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS & PF_X ? PROT_EXEC : 0);
>> +     trampoline, although PROT_EXEC could be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> +     present.  However since glibc does not export such information 
>> with a
>> +     proper ABI, it uses the historical permissions.  */
>> +  int prot = DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS;
>>     xmprotect (alloc_base + guardsize, stacksize, prot);
>>     memset (alloc_base + guardsize, 0xA5, stacksize);
>>     return (struct support_stack) { alloc_base + guardsize, stacksize, 
>> guardsize };
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/alpha/stackinfo.h
>> index a469964c10..d69647756b 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/alpha/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/alpha/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
>>   /* On Alpha the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif    /* stackinfo.h */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/arm/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/arm/stackinfo.h
>> index 3068352eab..30608f7062 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/arm/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/arm/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
>>   /* On Arm the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif    /* stackinfo.h */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h b/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
>> index fc4a3de767..d92e28d6a9 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
>> @@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ struct rtld_global
>>     /* Prevailing state of the stack, PF_X indicating it's 
>> executable.  */
>>     EXTERN ElfW(Word) _dl_stack_flags;
>> +  EXTERN int _dl_stack_prot_flags;
>>     /* Flag signalling whether there are gaps in the module ID 
>> allocation.  */
>>     EXTERN bool _dl_tls_dtv_gaps;
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/generic/stackinfo.h
>> index 8abbb3dff7..ab3e72e5c2 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/generic/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/generic/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
>>   #include <elf.h>
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS    (PF_R|PF_W)
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE)
>>   #endif
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/hppa/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/hppa/stackinfo.h
>> index 53bb11fde0..22920d20a9 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/hppa/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/hppa/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
>>   #include <elf.h>
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   /* On PA the stack grows up.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_UP    1
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/i386/stackinfo.h
>> index 74e82278d3..8d7a46c405 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/i386/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/i386/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
>>   /* On x86 the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   /* Access to the stack pointer.  The macros are used in alloca_account
>>      for which they need to act as barriers as well, hence the additional
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/m68k/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/m68k/stackinfo.h
>> index 7a757df147..77672c71c4 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/m68k/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/m68k/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
>>   /* On m68k the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> -   is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> + * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   /* Access to the stack pointer.  */
>>   #define stackinfo_get_sp() \
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/htl/pt-stack-alloc.c b/sysdeps/mach/htl/pt- 
>> stack-alloc.c
>> index 3e196f8ca7..42762bc0ad 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/mach/htl/pt-stack-alloc.c
>> +++ b/sysdeps/mach/htl/pt-stack-alloc.c
>> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ __pthread_stack_alloc (void **stackaddr, size_t 
>> stacksize)
>>     error_t err;
>>     vm_prot_t prot = VM_PROT_READ | VM_PROT_WRITE;
>> -  if (GL(dl_stack_flags) & PF_X)
>> +  if (GL(dl_stack_prot_flags) & PROT_EXEC)
>>       prot |= VM_PROT_EXECUTE;
>>     err = __vm_map (__mach_task_self (), (vm_offset_t *) stackaddr,
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-execstack.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl- 
>> execstack.c
>> index dc4719bd38..9e69169367 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-execstack.c
>> +++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-execstack.c
>> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ _dl_make_stack_executable (const void *stack_endp)
>>       return errno;
>>     /* Remember that we changed the permission.  */
>> -  GL(dl_stack_flags) |= PF_X;
>> +  GL(dl_stack_prot_flags) |= PROT_EXEC;
>>     return 0;
>>   #else
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/microblaze/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/microblaze/ 
>> stackinfo.h
>> index 8960bd3d25..51d40a7732 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/microblaze/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/microblaze/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
>>   /* On MicroBlaze the stack grows down.  */
>>   # define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -# define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif    /* stackinfo.h.  */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/mips/stackinfo.h
>> index 6cce9386d6..107a8ea7c9 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/mips/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/mips/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
>>   /* On MIPS the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif    /* stackinfo.h */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/or1k/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/or1k/stackinfo.h
>> index 39cf5c2456..d93a795c51 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/or1k/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/or1k/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
>>   /* On or1k the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> -   present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R | PF_W | PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif /* stackinfo.h */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/ 
>> powerpc32/stackinfo.h
>> index 31cba55805..50a3b367c6 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
>>   /* On PPC the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* PF_X can be overridden if PT_GNU_STACK is present but is presumed 
>> absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* PROT_EXEC can be overridden if PT_GNU_STACK is present but is 
>> presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif    /* stackinfo.h */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/s390/stackinfo.h
>> index 657ab3487f..9be764495a 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/s390/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/s390/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
>>   /* On s390 the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif    /* stackinfo.h */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/sh/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/sh/stackinfo.h
>> index 8f7bf163be..e502993d24 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/sh/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/sh/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
>>   /* On SH the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif    /* stackinfo.h */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/sparc/stackinfo.h
>> index 23a74ed7fe..a4a0eb15c9 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/sparc/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/sparc/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
>>   /* On sparc the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   #endif    /* stackinfo.h */
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c b/sysdeps/unix/ 
>> sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c
>> index 6db9601656..81edcc8567 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c
>> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c
>> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ _dl_make_stack_executable (const void *stack_endp)
>>       return errno;
>>     /* Remember that we changed the permission.  */
>> -  GL(dl_stack_flags) |= PF_X;
>> +  GL(dl_stack_prot_flags) |= PROT_EXEC;
>>     return 0;
>>   }
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/ 
>> linux/spawni.c
>> index eca1a84254..bc8476ff11 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
>> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
>> @@ -348,9 +348,6 @@ __spawnix (int *pid, const char *file,
>>       return errno;
>>         }
>> -  int prot = (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE
>> -         | ((GL (dl_stack_flags) & PF_X) ? PROT_EXEC : 0));
>> -
>>     /* Add a slack area for child's stack.  */
>>     size_t argv_size = (argc * sizeof (void *)) + 512;
>>     /* We need at least a few pages in case the compiler's stack 
>> checking is
>> @@ -361,7 +358,7 @@ __spawnix (int *pid, const char *file,
>>        where it might use about 1k extra stack space).  */
>>     argv_size += (32 * 1024);
>>     size_t stack_size = ALIGN_UP (argv_size, GLRO(dl_pagesize));
>> -  void *stack = __mmap (NULL, stack_size, prot,
>> +  void *stack = __mmap (NULL, stack_size, GL (dl_stack_prot_flags),
>>               MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_STACK, -1, 0);
>>     if (__glibc_unlikely (stack == MAP_FAILED))
>>       return errno;
>> diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/stackinfo.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/stackinfo.h
>> index 416d687869..0e88e6d94e 100644
>> --- a/sysdeps/x86_64/stackinfo.h
>> +++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/stackinfo.h
>> @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
>>   /* On x86_64 the stack grows down.  */
>>   #define _STACK_GROWS_DOWN    1
>> -/* Default to an executable stack.  PF_X can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK is
>> - * present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> -#define DEFAULT_STACK_PERMS (PF_R|PF_W|PF_X)
>> +/* Default to an executable stack.  PROT_EXEC can be overridden if 
>> PT_GNU_STACK
>> + * is present, but it is presumed absent.  */
>> +#define DEFAULT_STACK_PROT_PERMS (PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC)
>>   /* Access to the stack pointer.  The macros are used in alloca_account
>>      for which they need to act as barriers as well, hence the additional
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