linux-kernel - [RFC v5 28/38] powerpc: implementation for arch_vma_access

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Date:   Wed,  5 Jul 2017 14:22:05 -0700
From:   Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        bsingharora@...il.com, dave.hansen@...el.com, hbabu@...ibm.com,
        linuxram@...ibm.com, arnd@...db.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        corbet@....net, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: [RFC v5 28/38] powerpc: implementation for arch_vma_access_permitted()

This patch provides the implementation for
arch_vma_access_permitted(). Returns true if the
requested access is allowed by pkey associated with the
vma.

Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h |    5 ++++
 arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c                |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index da7e943..bf69ff9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -175,11 +175,16 @@ static inline void arch_bprm_mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
+bool arch_vma_access_permitted(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			bool write, bool execute, bool foreign);
+#else /* CONFIG_PPC64_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS */
 static inline bool arch_vma_access_permitted(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		bool write, bool execute, bool foreign)
 {
 	/* by default, allow everything */
 	return true;
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS */
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* __ASM_POWERPC_MMU_CONTEXT_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
index 044a17d..f89a048 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
@@ -201,3 +201,43 @@ bool arch_pte_access_permitted(u64 pte, bool write, bool execute)
 	return pkey_access_permitted(pte_to_pkey_bits(pte),
 			write, execute);
 }
+
+/*
+ * We only want to enforce protection keys on the current process
+ * because we effectively have no access to AMR/IAMR for other
+ * processes or any way to tell *which * AMR/IAMR in a threaded
+ * process we could use.
+ *
+ * So do not enforce things if the VMA is not from the current
+ * mm, or if we are in a kernel thread.
+ */
+static inline bool vma_is_foreign(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	if (!current->mm)
+		return true;
+	/*
+	 * if the VMA is from another process, then AMR/IAMR has no
+	 * relevance and should not be enforced.
+	 */
+	if (current->mm != vma->vm_mm)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool arch_vma_access_permitted(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		bool write, bool execute, bool foreign)
+{
+	int pkey;
+
+	/* allow access if the VMA is not one from this process */
+	if (foreign || vma_is_foreign(vma))
+		return true;
+
+	pkey = vma_pkey(vma);
+
+	if (!pkey)
+		return true;
+
+	return pkey_access_permitted(pkey, write, execute);
+}
-- 
1.7.1