support: Add support_next_to_fault_before support function

Refactor the support_next_to_fault and add the
support_next_to_fault_before method returns a buffer with a protected
page before it, to be able to test buffer underflow accesses.

Reviewed-by: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/support/next_to_fault.h b/support/next_to_fault.h
index 7112cc4c65..cec4b97332 100644
--- a/support/next_to_fault.h
+++ b/support/next_to_fault.h
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ struct support_next_to_fault
    fault).  */
 struct support_next_to_fault support_next_to_fault_allocate (size_t size);
 
+/* Allocate a buffer of SIZE bytes just *after* a page which is mapped
+   with PROT_NONE (so that under-running the buffer will cause a
+   fault).  */
+struct support_next_to_fault support_next_to_fault_allocate_before (size_t size);
+
 /* Deallocate the memory region allocated by
    next_to_fault_allocate.  */
 void support_next_to_fault_free (struct support_next_to_fault *);