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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org,
	Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de>,
	Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] NOMMU: add support for Memory Protection Units (MPU)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:22:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1247581340-20031-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)

From: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de>

Some architectures (like the Blackfin arch) implement some of the
"simpler" features that one would expect out of a MMU such as memory
protection.  In our case, we actually get read/write/exec protection
down to the page boundary so processes can't stomp on each other let
alone the kernel.  There is a performance decrease (which depends greatly
on the workload) however as the hardware/software interaction was not
optimized at design time.

Signed-off-by: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de>
Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
CC: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/module.c |    5 +++++
 mm/nommu.c      |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 0a04983..e1a3dfc 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <linux/license.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
@@ -1519,6 +1520,10 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
 
 	/* Finally, free the core (containing the module structure) */
 	module_free(mod, mod->module_core);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	update_protections(current->mm);
+#endif
 }
 
 void *__symbol_get(const char *symbol)
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 53cab10..a0269e5 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static inline __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)))
@@ -640,11 +641,23 @@ static void add_vma_to_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct vm_area_struct *pvma, **pp;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	struct rb_node **p, *parent;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	long start;
+#endif
 
 	kenter(",%p", vma);
 
 	BUG_ON(!vma->vm_region);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	start = vma->vm_start & PAGE_MASK;
+	while (start < vma->vm_end) {
+		protect_page(mm, start, vma->vm_flags);
+		start += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+	update_protections(mm);
+#endif
+
 	mm->map_count++;
 	vma->vm_mm = mm;
 
@@ -707,9 +720,21 @@ static void delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct vm_area_struct **pp;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	long start;
+#endif
 
 	kenter("%p", vma);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	start = vma->vm_start & PAGE_MASK;
+	while (start < vma->vm_end) {
+		protect_page(mm, start, 0);
+		start += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+	update_protections(mm);
+#endif
+
 	mm->map_count--;
 	if (mm->mmap_cache == vma)
 		mm->mmap_cache = NULL;
-- 
1.6.3.3


             reply	other threads:[~2009-07-14 14:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-14 14:22 Mike Frysinger [this message]
2009-07-14 16:14 ` [PATCH] NOMMU: add support for Memory Protection Units (MPU) Johannes Weiner
2009-07-14 16:19   ` Mike Frysinger
2009-07-14 17:14   ` [PATCH v2] " Mike Frysinger
2009-07-14 17:22     ` David Howells
2009-07-14 21:59       ` Bernd Schmidt
2009-07-15 10:31         ` David Howells
2009-07-15 11:18           ` [Uclinux-dist-devel] " Mike Frysinger
2009-07-15 10:37         ` David Howells
2009-07-15 11:12           ` [Uclinux-dist-devel] " Mike Frysinger
2009-07-15 11:45             ` David Howells
2009-07-15 11:55               ` Mike Frysinger
2009-07-15 12:25                 ` David Howells
2009-07-15 12:52                   ` Mike Frysinger
2009-07-15  9:24       ` Paul Mundt
2009-09-14  3:52     ` Mike Frysinger
2009-09-16 10:09       ` David Howells
2009-09-16 13:57 ` [PATCH] " Mike Frysinger

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