From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Emanuele Rocca <emanuele.rocca@arm.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: gcs: Allow PAGE_NONE mappings for NUMA balancing
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:05:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260220140532.285011-3-catalin.marinas@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260220140532.285011-1-catalin.marinas@arm.com>
vm_get_page_prot() short-circuits the protection_map[] lookup for a
VM_SHADOW_STACK mapping since its permissions are special. However, it
also ignores PAGE_NONE mappings used for NUMA balancing by creating an
accessible PTE.
Special-case the VM_NONE permission to create an invalid PTE even if it
is a GCS mapping.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Fixes: 6497b66ba694 ("arm64/mm: Map pages for guarded control stack")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c
index 2e404441063b..f8993e3fa5d1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c
@@ -87,7 +87,15 @@ pgprot_t vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags_t vm_flags)
/* Short circuit GCS to avoid bloating the table. */
if (system_supports_gcs() && (vm_flags & VM_SHADOW_STACK)) {
- prot = pgprot_val(PAGE_GCS_RO);
+ /*
+ * Allow PAGE_NONE for NUMA balancing, otherwise use
+ * PAGE_GCS_RO. The permission will be made writeable
+ * (PAGE_GCS) on a GCS fault.
+ */
+ if (vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE))
+ prot = pgprot_val(PAGE_GCS_RO);
+ else
+ prot = pgprot_val(protection_map[VM_NONE]);
} else {
prot = pgprot_val(protection_map[vm_flags &
(VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)]);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-20 14:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-20 14:05 [PATCH 0/3] arm64: Assorted GCS fixes Catalin Marinas
2026-02-20 14:05 ` [PATCH 1/3] arm64: gcs: Do not set PTE_SHARED on GCS mappings if FEAT_LPA2 is enabled Catalin Marinas
2026-02-20 15:56 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-02-20 16:45 ` Catalin Marinas
2026-02-20 16:47 ` Catalin Marinas
2026-02-20 14:05 ` Catalin Marinas [this message]
2026-02-20 16:16 ` [PATCH 2/3] arm64: gcs: Allow PAGE_NONE mappings for NUMA balancing David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-02-20 19:52 ` Catalin Marinas
2026-02-20 14:05 ` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: gcs: Do not map the guarded control stack as THP Catalin Marinas
2026-02-20 14:34 ` Mark Brown
2026-02-20 15:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2026-02-20 16:17 ` Mark Brown
2026-02-20 15:33 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-02-20 15:36 ` Mark Brown
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