From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] lkdtm/usercopy: Add tests for other memory types
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 12:12:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202205121211.B7EFB5A@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yn1YTZkWVWfXk5Q8@casper.infradead.org>
On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 07:56:13PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:36:13AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > +static void lkdtm_USERCOPY_FOLIO(void)
> > +{
> > + struct folio *folio;
> > + void *addr;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * FIXME: Folio checking currently misses 0-order allocations, so
> > + * allocate and bump forward to the last page.
> > + */
> > + folio = folio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, 1);
> > + if (!folio) {
> > + pr_err("folio_alloc() failed!?\n");
> > + return;
> > + }
> > + addr = page_address(&folio->page);
>
> Ideally, code shouldn't be using &folio->page. If it is, we have a
> gap in the folio API. Fortunately, we have folio_address().
Ah! Perfect, thanks. In trying to find the right alloc/free pair I
missed folio_address() :)
--
Kees Cook
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-12 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-12 18:36 [RFC][PATCH] lkdtm/usercopy: Add tests for other memory types Kees Cook
2022-05-12 18:56 ` Matthew Wilcox
2022-05-12 19:12 ` Kees Cook [this message]
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