+ powerpc-vdso-refactor-error-handling.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: powerpc/vdso: refactor error handling
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     powerpc-vdso-refactor-error-handling.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/powerpc-vdso-refactor-error-handling.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Subject: powerpc/vdso: refactor error handling
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:26:05 +1000

Linus noticed that the error handling in __arch_setup_additional_pages()
fails to clear the mm VDSO pointer if _install_special_mapping() fails. 
In practice there should be no actual bug, because if there's an error the
VDSO pointer is cleared later in arch_setup_additional_pages().

However it's no longer necessary to set the pointer before installing the
mapping.  Commit c1bab64360e6 ("powerpc/vdso: Move to
_install_special_mapping() and remove arch_vma_name()") reworked the code
so that the VMA name comes from the vm_special_mapping.name, rather than
relying on arch_vma_name().

So rework the code to only set the VDSO pointer once the mappings have
been installed correctly, and remove the stale comment.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240812082605.743814-4-mpe@ellerman.id.au
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@gmail.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c |   18 +++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c~powerpc-vdso-refactor-error-handling
+++ a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -214,13 +214,6 @@ static int __arch_setup_additional_pages
 	/* Add required alignment. */
 	vdso_base = ALIGN(vdso_base, VDSO_ALIGNMENT);
 
-	/*
-	 * Put vDSO base into mm struct. We need to do this before calling
-	 * install_special_mapping or the perf counter mmap tracking code
-	 * will fail to recognise it as a vDSO.
-	 */
-	mm->context.vdso = (void __user *)vdso_base + vvar_size;
-
 	vma = _install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base, vvar_size,
 				       VM_READ | VM_MAYREAD | VM_IO |
 				       VM_DONTDUMP | VM_PFNMAP, &vvar_spec);
@@ -240,10 +233,15 @@ static int __arch_setup_additional_pages
 	vma = _install_special_mapping(mm, vdso_base + vvar_size, vdso_size,
 				       VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_MAYREAD |
 				       VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC, vdso_spec);
-	if (IS_ERR(vma))
+	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 		do_munmap(mm, vdso_base, vvar_size, NULL);
+		return PTR_ERR(vma);
+	}
+
+	// Now that the mappings are in place, set the mm VDSO pointer
+	mm->context.vdso = (void __user *)vdso_base + vvar_size;
 
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(vma);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
@@ -257,8 +255,6 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct l
 		return -EINTR;
 
 	rc = __arch_setup_additional_pages(bprm, uses_interp);
-	if (rc)
-		mm->context.vdso = NULL;
 
 	mmap_write_unlock(mm);
 	return rc;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from mpe@ellerman.id.au are

mm-add-optional-close-to-struct-vm_special_mapping.patch
powerpc-mm-handle-vdso-unmapping-via-close-rather-than-arch_unmap.patch
mm-remove-arch_unmap.patch
powerpc-vdso-refactor-error-handling.patch