linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 205/305] arm64: mm: remove page_mapping check in __sync_icache

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Date:	Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:42:51 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	"Will Deacon" <will.deacon@....com>,
	"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@....com>,
	"Shaokun Zhang" <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 205/305] arm64: mm: remove page_mapping check in
 __sync_icache_dcache

3.16.37-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>

commit 20c27a4270c775d7ed661491af8ac03264d60fc6 upstream.

__sync_icache_dcache unconditionally skips the cache maintenance for
anonymous pages, under the assumption that flushing is only required in
the presence of D-side aliases [see 7249b79f6b4cc ("arm64: Do not flush
the D-cache for anonymous pages")].

Unfortunately, this breaks migration of anonymous pages holding
self-modifying code, where userspace cannot be reasonably expected to
reissue maintenance instructions in response to a migration.

This patch fixes the problem by removing the broken page_mapping(page)
check from the cache syncing code, otherwise we may end up fetching and
executing stale instructions from the PoU.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Signed-off-by: Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/flush.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/mm/flush.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/flush.c
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pte, uns
 {
 	struct page *page = pte_page(pte);

-	/* no flushing needed for anonymous pages */
-	if (!page_mapping(page))
-		return;
-
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags)) {
 		__flush_dcache_area(page_address(page),
 				PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(page));