From: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
surenb@google.com, liam@infradead.org, ljs@kernel.org,
vbabka@kernel.org, shakeel.butt@linux.dev, david@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zhanghongru@xiaomi.com,
willy@infradead.org, zhangbo56@xiaomi.com,
"Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 2/2] arm64/mm: use VMA lock for kernel faults on user addresses
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 15:40:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260802074018.73887-3-baohua@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260802074018.73887-1-baohua@kernel.org>
Use the VMA lock for kernel faults on user addresses. This also
makes the existing code below meaningful:
/* Quick path to respond to signals */
if (fault_signal_pending(fault, regs)) {
if (!user_mode(regs))
goto no_context;
return 0;
}
Right now, the code above is dead because !user_mode always
takes the mmap_lock path.
Co-developed-by: Bo Zhang <zhangbo56@xiaomi.com>
Signed-off-by: Bo Zhang <zhangbo56@xiaomi.com>
Signed-off-by: Barry Song (Xiaomi) <baohua@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index 85e23388f9bb..241f1ab07ab3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr,
unsigned int mm_flags = FAULT_FLAG_DEFAULT;
unsigned long addr = untagged_addr(far);
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ bool uaccess = false;
int si_code;
int pkey = -1;
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr,
if (!insn_may_access_user(regs->pc, esr))
die_kernel_fault("access to user memory outside uaccess routines",
addr, esr, regs);
+ uaccess = true;
}
if (is_pkvm_stage2_abort(esr)) {
@@ -674,7 +676,7 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr,
perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, regs, addr);
- if (!(mm_flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER))
+ if (!(mm_flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER) && !uaccess)
goto lock_mmap;
vma = lock_vma_under_rcu(mm, addr);
--
2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-02 7:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-02 7:40 [RFC PATCH v1 0/2] mm: use VMA lock for kernel faults on user addresses Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-08-02 7:40 ` [RFC PATCH v1 1/2] x86/mm: " Barry Song (Xiaomi)
2026-08-02 7:40 ` Barry Song (Xiaomi) [this message]
2026-08-02 8:49 ` [RFC PATCH v1 2/2] arm64/mm: " Barry Song
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