diff --git a/vmbase/example/src/layout.rs b/vmbase/example/src/layout.rs
index e660c5f..0a33995 100644
--- a/vmbase/example/src/layout.rs
+++ b/vmbase/example/src/layout.rs
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@
     into_va_range(layout::boot_stack_range())
 }
 
-/// Writable data, including the stack.
-pub fn writable_region() -> MemoryRegion {
-    let r = layout::writable_region();
-    MemoryRegion::new(r.start, r.end)
+/// Writable data region for allocations.
+pub fn scratch_range() -> Range<VirtualAddress> {
+    into_va_range(layout::scratch_range())
 }
 
 fn data_load_address() -> VirtualAddress {
diff --git a/vmbase/example/src/main.rs b/vmbase/example/src/main.rs
index ed0275b..3bf850c 100644
--- a/vmbase/example/src/main.rs
+++ b/vmbase/example/src/main.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 extern crate alloc;
 
 use crate::layout::{
-    bionic_tls, dtb_range, print_addresses, rodata_range, stack_chk_guard, text_range,
-    writable_region, DEVICE_REGION,
+    bionic_tls, boot_stack_range, dtb_range, print_addresses, rodata_range, scratch_range,
+    stack_chk_guard, text_range, DEVICE_REGION,
 };
 use crate::pci::{check_pci, get_bar_region};
 use aarch64_paging::{idmap::IdMap, paging::Attributes};
@@ -100,7 +100,13 @@
         .unwrap();
     idmap
         .map_range(
-            &writable_region(),
+            &scratch_range().into(),
+            Attributes::NORMAL | Attributes::NON_GLOBAL | Attributes::EXECUTE_NEVER,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    idmap
+        .map_range(
+            &boot_stack_range().into(),
             Attributes::NORMAL | Attributes::NON_GLOBAL | Attributes::EXECUTE_NEVER,
         )
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/vmbase/src/layout.rs b/vmbase/src/layout.rs
index b5ab449..0d824bb 100644
--- a/vmbase/src/layout.rs
+++ b/vmbase/src/layout.rs
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
     linker_region!(boot_stack_begin, boot_stack_end)
 }
 
-/// Writable data, including the stack.
-pub fn writable_region() -> Range<usize> {
-    linker_region!(data_begin, boot_stack_end)
+/// All writable sections, excluding the stack.
+pub fn scratch_range() -> Range<usize> {
+    linker_region!(data_begin, bss_end)
 }
 
 /// Read-write data (original).