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Peter Anvin" , Kiryl Shutsemau , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Dev Jain , Ryan Roberts Cc: David Carlier , ljs@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, stable@vger.kernel.org X-Mailer: b4 0.15.2 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=6878; i=ljs@kernel.org; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=GlL9IPStDd4Tw6wUpim2GluEjrJu4zbK1OV4gJFr1DI=; b=owGbwMvMwCV2fu7ZrsZH9SKMp9WSGLKC8z9wlYVZawkyFRf3PNSLnPecf9ndfVvfBzLrfdpxn mXnlM+FHaUsDGJcDLJiiizPv4jvDxIJm9d5wd8NZg4rE8gQBi5OAZgIvwjDPwWjpackbZ8enXrQ v2wLk7GH5K2GqaaVUhESjbwePkXqeowMnR/z/wWbvLWWunvmtf3We9Li3zSPcERfCZv9+E9EfN9 8LgA= X-Developer-Key: i=ljs@kernel.org; a=openpgp; fpr=E7F417BF5214569E89D04F46CF9DCD8A81E27F14 X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam09 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 3DC4940004 X-Stat-Signature: ixgpni85ca7x66okfkpeh6osmd37drhd X-HE-Tag: 1783853085-702995 X-HE-Meta: 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 dYxCGTI6 8wqiJrMsOJWDcHDffFl+rXSneaLSzv+b/hRzSrO0GJo/YGEPJKs/DOHGb+ans2hPb8cCDjS6+wureac2BeSFr5nl8OJuIjL6ZQqkmV1NYzrFnJV7/MkLJLgjDCjzicXvuaShpMSIlbVSxnBdvEFBjikC+MJr2HVzQXFj1K7JzdiHSbyuZvAn0sGY+Pc07K7sOiSovilWYjpvRqLpqiLzxIQBy+txI+iKHZyFdhEP2uMe8BnwVJbtSMPxfQ6hn/K/W3cEuP8VKcWVyMCwW+2noNA0RQBPhxFV+ysqGEz4MwSOZ9soz4lMKwL3qag== Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: This partially reverts commit fa93b45fd397 ("arm64: Enable vmalloc-huge with ptdump"), retaining vmalloc-huge support but eliminating the now redundant mitigation against a race between huge vmap page table freeing and ptdump, as this issue has now been fixed at core. We also simultaneously remove the arm64 if-deffery when acquiring the mmap read lock upon vmap huge page table promotion as it is no longer required. Note that this patch relies on the preceding vmalloc patch, and should not be backported alone. Fixes: fa93b45fd397 ("arm64: Enable vmalloc-huge with ptdump") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Dev Jain Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes --- arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h | 2 -- arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 43 ++++------------------------------------- arch/arm64/mm/ptdump.c | 11 ++--------- mm/vmalloc.c | 15 +++----------- 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h index 5b374a6ab34a..50a195eda8ed 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h @@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ #include -DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arm64_ptdump_lock_key); - #ifdef CONFIG_PTDUMP #include diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c index a25d8beacc83..bd52fca6e872 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c @@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ #define NO_CONT_MAPPINGS BIT(1) #define NO_EXEC_MAPPINGS BIT(2) /* assumes FEAT_HPDS is not used */ -DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(arm64_ptdump_lock_key); - u64 kimage_voffset __ro_after_init; EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_voffset); @@ -1864,8 +1862,7 @@ int pmd_clear_huge(pmd_t *pmdp) return 1; } -static int __pmd_free_pte_page(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, - bool acquire_mmap_lock) +int pmd_free_pte_page(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr) { pte_t *table; pmd_t pmd; @@ -1877,25 +1874,13 @@ static int __pmd_free_pte_page(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, return 1; } - /* See comment in pud_free_pmd_page for static key logic */ table = pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr); pmd_clear(pmdp); __flush_tlb_kernel_pgtable(addr); - if (static_branch_unlikely(&arm64_ptdump_lock_key) && acquire_mmap_lock) { - mmap_read_lock(&init_mm); - mmap_read_unlock(&init_mm); - } - pte_free_kernel(NULL, table); return 1; } -int pmd_free_pte_page(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr) -{ - /* If ptdump is walking the pagetables, acquire init_mm.mmap_lock */ - return __pmd_free_pte_page(pmdp, addr, /* acquire_mmap_lock = */ true); -} - int pud_free_pmd_page(pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr) { pmd_t *table; @@ -1911,36 +1896,16 @@ int pud_free_pmd_page(pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr) } table = pmd_offset(pudp, addr); - - /* - * Our objective is to prevent ptdump from reading a PMD table which has - * been freed. In this race, if pud_free_pmd_page observes the key on - * (which got flipped by ptdump) then the mmap lock sequence here will, - * as a result of the mmap write lock/unlock sequence in ptdump, give - * us the correct synchronization. If not, this means that ptdump has - * yet not started walking the pagetables - the sequence of barriers - * issued by __flush_tlb_kernel_pgtable() guarantees that ptdump will - * observe an empty PUD. - */ - pud_clear(pudp); - __flush_tlb_kernel_pgtable(addr); - if (static_branch_unlikely(&arm64_ptdump_lock_key)) { - mmap_read_lock(&init_mm); - mmap_read_unlock(&init_mm); - } - pmdp = table; next = addr; end = addr + PUD_SIZE; do { if (pmd_present(pmdp_get(pmdp))) - /* - * PMD has been isolated, so ptdump won't see it. No - * need to acquire init_mm.mmap_lock. - */ - __pmd_free_pte_page(pmdp, next, /* acquire_mmap_lock = */ false); + pmd_free_pte_page(pmdp, next); } while (pmdp++, next += PMD_SIZE, next != end); + pud_clear(pudp); + __flush_tlb_kernel_pgtable(addr); pmd_free(NULL, table); return 1; } diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump.c b/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump.c index 1c20144700d7..5a76c59b5ada 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump.c @@ -283,13 +283,6 @@ void note_page_flush(struct ptdump_state *pt_st) note_page(pt_st, 0, -1, pte_val(pte_zero)); } -static void arm64_ptdump_walk_pgd(struct ptdump_state *st, struct mm_struct *mm) -{ - static_branch_inc(&arm64_ptdump_lock_key); - ptdump_walk_pgd(st, mm, NULL); - static_branch_dec(&arm64_ptdump_lock_key); -} - void ptdump_walk(struct seq_file *s, struct ptdump_info *info) { unsigned long end = ~0UL; @@ -318,7 +311,7 @@ void ptdump_walk(struct seq_file *s, struct ptdump_info *info) } }; - arm64_ptdump_walk_pgd(&st.ptdump, info->mm); + ptdump_walk_pgd(&st.ptdump, info->mm, NULL); } static void __init ptdump_initialize(void) @@ -360,7 +353,7 @@ bool ptdump_check_wx(void) } }; - arm64_ptdump_walk_pgd(&st.ptdump, &init_mm); + ptdump_walk_pgd(&st.ptdump, &init_mm, NULL); if (st.wx_pages || st.uxn_pages) { pr_warn("Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, %lu W+X pages found, %lu non-UXN pages found\n", diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index 1fa9ac6e43d4..400563ac6d5d 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -170,10 +170,7 @@ static int vmap_try_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, * Therefore, acquire the mmap read lock to prevent use-after-free when * freeing page tables. */ -#ifndef CONFIG_ARM64 - scoped_cond_guard(mmap_read_lock_try, return 0, &init_mm) -#endif - { + scoped_cond_guard(mmap_read_lock_try, return 0, &init_mm) { if (!pmd_free_pte_page(pmd, addr)) return 0; return pmd_set_huge(pmd, phys_addr, prot); @@ -230,10 +227,7 @@ static int vmap_try_huge_pud(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, return pud_set_huge(pud, phys_addr, prot); /* See comment in vmap_try_huge_pmd(). */ -#ifndef CONFIG_ARM64 - scoped_cond_guard(mmap_read_lock_try, return 0, &init_mm) -#endif - { + scoped_cond_guard(mmap_read_lock_try, return 0, &init_mm) { if (!pud_free_pmd_page(pud, addr)) return 0; return pud_set_huge(pud, phys_addr, prot); @@ -290,10 +284,7 @@ static int vmap_try_huge_p4d(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, return p4d_set_huge(p4d, phys_addr, prot); /* See comment in vmap_try_huge_pmd(). */ -#ifndef CONFIG_ARM64 - scoped_cond_guard(mmap_read_lock_try, return 0, &init_mm) -#endif - { + scoped_cond_guard(mmap_read_lock_try, return 0, &init_mm) { if (!p4d_free_pud_page(p4d, addr)) return 0; return p4d_set_huge(p4d, phys_addr, prot); -- 2.55.0