From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:51:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] arm64: mm: fix thinko in non-global page table attribute check In-Reply-To: <20180223180448.6006-1-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> References: <20180223180448.6006-1-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Message-ID: <20180226095154.GA7920@arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 06:04:48PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > The routine pgattr_change_is_safe() was extended in commit 4e6020565596 > ("arm64: mm: Permit transitioning from Global to Non-Global without BBM") > to permit changing the nG attribute from not set to set, but did so in a > way that inadvertently disallows such changes if other permitted attribute > changes take place at the same time. So update the code to take this into > account. > > Fixes: 4e6020565596 ("arm64: mm: Permit transitioning from Global to ...") > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel > --- > arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > index 451f96f3377c..5bdc2c4db9ad 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new) > * The following mapping attributes may be updated in live > * kernel mappings without the need for break-before-make. > */ > - static const pteval_t mask = PTE_PXN | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_WRITE; > + static const pteval_t mask = PTE_PXN | PTE_RDONLY | PTE_WRITE | PTE_NG; > > /* creating or taking down mappings is always safe */ > if (old == 0 || new == 0) > @@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 old, u64 new) > if ((old | new) & PTE_CONT) > return false; > > - /* Transitioning from Global to Non-Global is safe */ > - if (((old ^ new) == PTE_NG) && (new & PTE_NG)) > - return true; > + /* Transitioning from Non-Global to Global is unsafe */ > + if (old & ~new & PTE_NG) > + return false; Oops, sorry about this: Acked-by: Will Deacon Will