From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@kernel.org>,
"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
"Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
"Masami Hiramatsu" <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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"Aaron Tomlin" <atomlin@atomlin.com>,
"Adrian Barnaś" <abarnas@google.com>,
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Subject: [RFC PATCH 5/9] arm64: mm: Permit permissions changes on huge vmappings
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:53:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260822135323.795946-16-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260822135323.795946-11-ardb+git@google.com>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Allow permission changes on huge vmappings in cases where no splitting
is needed (i.e., the region is aligned sufficiently), or when the system
has support for splitting live mappings.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
index bbe98ac9ad8c..20ff9cb273c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ static int change_memory_common(unsigned long addr, int numpages,
* we are operating on does not result in such splitting.
*
* Let's restrict ourselves to mappings created by vmalloc (or vmap).
- * Disallow VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP mappings to guarantee that only page
- * mappings are updated and splitting is never needed.
*
* So check whether the [addr, addr + size) interval is entirely
* covered by precisely one VM area that has the VM_ALLOC flag set.
@@ -179,7 +177,16 @@ static int change_memory_common(unsigned long addr, int numpages,
if (!area ||
((unsigned long)kasan_reset_tag((void *)end) >
(unsigned long)kasan_reset_tag(area->addr) + area->size) ||
- ((area->flags & (VM_ALLOC | VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP)) != VM_ALLOC))
+ !(area->flags & VM_ALLOC))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /*
+ * Disallow VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP mappings unless the region is PMD
+ * aligned, or splitting live huge mappings is supported.
+ */
+ if ((area->flags & VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP) &&
+ ((start % PMD_SIZE) || (size % PMD_SIZE)) &&
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!system_supports_bbml2_noabort()))
return -EINVAL;
if (!numpages)
--
2.55.0.860.g4b6b3295ed-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-22 13:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-22 13:53 [RFC PATCH 0/9] arm64: Allocate .text and .init.text together Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 1/9] mm: execmem: Add API to split an existing execmem cache allocation Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 2/9] mm: execmem: Allow huge vmappings to be avoided for execmem caches Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 3/9] module: Place MOD_TEXT before MOD_INIT_TEXT in enumeration Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 4/9] module: Allocate MOD_INIT_TEXT from the MOD_TEXT ROX allocation Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-08-23 16:52 ` [RFC PATCH 5/9] arm64: mm: Permit permissions changes on huge vmappings Adrian Barnaś
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 6/9] arm64: Enable the execmem ROX cache for module text Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-23 16:46 ` Adrian Barnaś
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 7/9] arm64: ftrace: Revert "fix unreachable PLT for ftrace_caller ..." Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 8/9] arm64: module: Combine init and core PLT entries again Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-22 13:53 ` [RFC PATCH 9/9] arm64: ftrace: Simplify PLT handling Ard Biesheuvel
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