From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
media-ci@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 04/14] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Allocate shared tables using CoCo shared memory allocator
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:34:38 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq5atsmqqgp5.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260924101928.380661F000FF@smtp.kernel.org>
sashiko-bot@kernel.org writes:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [High] irqchip/gic-v3-its: buddy allocator corruption due to discarded shared_size
> --
>
> commit d897529703a71c914b0334abcb563ffb37979469
> Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
>
> irqchip/gic-v3-its: Allocate shared tables using CoCo shared memory allocator
>
> This commit updates the ITS allocator to route page allocations through
> alloc_cc_shared_pages_node(). It reconstructs common allocation metadata
> from the original ITS order and the architecture granule size on release.
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
>> index ac5507acb1a0c..4814161df02ed 100644
>> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
>> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
>
> [ ... ]
>
>> @@ -214,25 +213,13 @@ static gfp_t gfp_flags_quirk;
>> static struct page *its_alloc_pages_node(int node, gfp_t gfp,
>> unsigned int order)
>> {
>> - struct page *page;
>> - int ret = 0;
>> -
>> - page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp | gfp_flags_quirk, order);
>> -
>> - if (!page)
>> - return NULL;
>> + struct cc_shared_pages mem;
>>
>> - ret = set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)page_address(page),
>> - 1 << order);
>> - /*
>> - * If set_memory_decrypted() fails then we don't know what state the
>> - * page is in, so we can't free it. Instead we leak it.
>> - * set_memory_decrypted() will already have WARNed.
>> - */
>> - if (ret)
>> + if (alloc_cc_shared_pages_node(node, gfp | gfp_flags_quirk,
>> + PAGE_SIZE << order, &mem))
>> return NULL;
>>
>> - return page;
>> + return mem.page;
>> }
>
> [Severity: High]
> Is it safe to discard mem.shared_size here? The API contract seems to require
> callers to retain the true allocated size so it can be passed back when
> freeing the pages.
>
>> static struct page *its_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order)
>> @@ -242,13 +229,15 @@ static struct page *its_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order)
>>
>> static void its_free_pages(void *addr, unsigned int order)
>> {
>> - /*
>> - * If the memory cannot be encrypted again then we must leak the pages.
>> - * set_memory_encrypted() will already have WARNed.
>> - */
>> - if (set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)addr, 1 << order))
>> + struct cc_shared_layout layout;
>> + struct cc_shared_pages mem;
>> +
>> + if (WARN_ON(cc_shared_calc_layout(PAGE_SIZE << order, &layout)))
>> return;
>> - free_pages((unsigned long)addr, order);
>> +
>> + mem.page = virt_to_page(addr);
>> + mem.shared_size = layout.shared_size;
>> + free_cc_shared_pages(&mem);
>> }
>
> [Severity: High]
> Does recalculating the size here cause a mismatch on non-CC platforms?
>
> When memory encryption is disabled, alloc_cc_shared_pages_node() does not
> round up the allocation to the granule size; it simply allocates the
> requested order.
>
> However, cc_shared_calc_layout() unconditionally rounds up to the
> architectural granule size. If the granule size exceeds the requested
> allocation size, free_cc_shared_pages() will call __free_pages() with a
> higher order than was actually allocated. Can this corrupt the buddy
> allocator by freeing unallocated pages?
>
>> static struct gen_pool *itt_pool;
>> @@ -273,7 +262,8 @@ static void *itt_alloc_pool(int node, int size)
>> if (!page)
>> break;
>>
>> - gen_pool_add(itt_pool, (unsigned long)page_address(page), PAGE_SIZE, node);
>> + gen_pool_add(itt_pool, (unsigned long)page_address(page),
>> + cc_shared_granule_size(), node);
>> } while (!addr);
>>
>> return (void *)addr;
>
> [Severity: High]
> Will adding a hardcoded granule size to the generic pool advertise unallocated
> out-of-bounds memory to consumers?
>
> On non-CC platforms, the underlying allocation size is just a single page,
> but this adds the full cc_shared_granule_size() bytes to the pool. Could
> this lead to pool consumers accessing memory beyond what was actually
> allocated?
>
None of these concerns are valid because cc_shared_granule_size() defaults
to PAGE_SIZE on non-CC platforms.
-aneesh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-13 6:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-24 10:05 [RFC PATCH v8 00/14] coco: guest: Add a shared-granule allocator for host-shared memory Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 01/14] mm: Add an allocator for CoCo shared memory Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-24 14:22 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-09-24 18:26 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-10-13 5:02 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-10-13 12:14 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 02/14] mm: Zero memory during shared memory transitions Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-25 12:08 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-10-13 5:12 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-10-13 13:47 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 03/14] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Resolve the default NUMA node explicitly Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 5:46 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 04/14] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Allocate shared tables using CoCo shared memory allocator Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 6:04 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V [this message]
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 05/14] dma-contiguous: Derive shared alignment from DMA attributes Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 06/14] dma-pool: Allocate CoCo atomic pools using CoCo shared memory allocator Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 6:11 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 07/14] dma-direct: Align CoCo shared DMA allocations to the shared granule size Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 08/14] swiotlb: Align shared IO TLB pools " Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 6:46 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 09/14] swiotlb: Reject misaligned restricted DMA pools for CoCo guests Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 10/14] dma-buf: system_heap: Limit scatterlist entries to the buffer size Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 11/14] dma-buf: system_heap: Allocate shared buffers using CoCo shared memory allocator Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 12/14] swiotlb: Make rounded shared pool capacity allocatable Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 13/14] mm: Assert CoCo shared allocations may sleep Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-09-24 10:05 ` [RFC PATCH v8 14/14] irqchip/gic-v3-its: Preallocate VPE L1 tables Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
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