linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] x86/mm/pageattr: Do not strip pte flags from cpa->pfn

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:28:51 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] x86/mm/pageattr: Do not strip pte flags from cpa->pfn

On Thu, 12 Nov, at 07:47:30PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 03:40:19PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > Removing the PAGE_NX bit from cpa->pfn will corrupt the page frame
> > number address rather than removing PAGE_NX as the code intends. This
> > is unlikley to be a problem in practice because _PAGE_BIT_NX is bit 63
> > and most machines do not have page frame numbers that reach that high.
> > 
> > Still, pte flags are never stored in cpa->pfn so we can safely delete
> > the code.
> > 
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> > Cc: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 5 -----
> >  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
> > index 893921b12272..d5240be55915 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
> > @@ -885,11 +885,6 @@ static void populate_pte(struct cpa_data *cpa,
> >  	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, start);
> >  
> >  	while (num_pages-- && start < end) {
> > -
> > -		/* deal with the NX bit */
> > -		if (!(pgprot_val(pgprot) & _PAGE_NX))
> > -			cpa->pfn &= ~_PAGE_NX;
> > -
> >  		set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(cpa->pfn, pgprot));
> >  
> >  		start	 += PAGE_SIZE;
> > -- 
> 
> I think this should be part of the 1st patch because there you're
> correcting ->pfn to actually be a pfn.

OK, that's fine by me. I split this out into a separate patch so that
this single logical change could be debated independently of the other
->pfn change, and because I was less certain on this one.

I fold it into the first patch.
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