[PATCH v2 19/20] x86/kprobes: Use vmalloc special flag

Rick Edgecombe
2019-01-29T00:41:18Z

Use new flag VM_HAS_SPECIAL_PERMS for handling freeing of special
permissioned memory in vmalloc and remove places where memory was set NX
and RW before freeing which is no longer needed.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 7 +------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index fac692e36833..f2fab35bcb82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
if (page == NULL)
return NULL;

+ set_vm_special(page);
/*
* First make the page read-only, and then only then make it executable
* to prevent it from being W+X in between.
@@ -452,12 +453,6 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
/* Recover page to RW mode before releasing it */
void free_insn_page(void *page)
{
- /*
- * First make the page non-executable, and then only then make it
- * writable to prevent it from being W+X in between.
- */
- set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page, 1);
- set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page, 1);
module_memfree(page);
}

--
2.17.1