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Message-ID: <87ftefpgn0.fsf@dja-thinkpad.axtens.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:09:07 +1100
From: Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>
To: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>, joel@....id.au, mpe@...erman.id.au, ajd@...ux.ibm.com, npiggin@...il.com, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>, Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 6/7] powerpc/mm: implement set_memory_attr()
Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc> writes:
> From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
>
> In addition to the set_memory_xx() functions which allows to change
> the memory attributes of not (yet) used memory regions, implement a
> set_memory_attr() function to:
> - set the final memory protection after init on currently used
> kernel regions.
> - enable/disable kernel memory regions in the scope of DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
>
> Unlike the set_memory_xx() which can act in three step as the regions
> are unused, this function must modify 'on the fly' as the kernel is
> executing from them. At the moment only PPC32 will use it and changing
> page attributes on the fly is not an issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> [ruscur: cast "data" to unsigned long instead of int]
> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h | 2 ++
> arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h
> index 64011ea444b4..b040094f7920 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/set_memory.h
> @@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ static inline int set_memory_x(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
> return change_memory_attr(addr, numpages, SET_MEMORY_X);
> }
>
> +int set_memory_attr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, pgprot_t prot);
> +
> #endif
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c
> index 748fa56d9db0..60139fedc6cc 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pageattr.c
> @@ -77,3 +77,36 @@ int change_memory_attr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, long action)
>
> return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, start, sz, change_page_attr, (void *)action);
> }
> +
> +/*
> + * Set the attributes of a page:
> + *
> + * This function is used by PPC32 at the end of init to set final kernel memory
> + * protection. It includes changing the maping of the page it is executing from
> + * and data pages it is using.
> + */
> +static int set_page_attr(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
> +{
> + pgprot_t prot = __pgprot((unsigned long)data);
> +
> + spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
> +
> + set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, ptep, pte_modify(*ptep, prot));
> + flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
> +
> + spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int set_memory_attr(unsigned long addr, int numpages, pgprot_t prot)
> +{
> + unsigned long start = ALIGN_DOWN(addr, PAGE_SIZE);
> + unsigned long sz = numpages * PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> + if (!numpages)
> + return 0;
> +
> + return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, start, sz, set_page_attr,
> + (void *)pgprot_val(prot));
This should probably use apply_to_existing_page_range as well.
Regards,
Daniel
> +}
> --
> 2.25.1
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