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Message-ID: <517f3f820804140357k62b3bff4p555ba6a5b9438c35@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:57:08 +0200
From:	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:	"Erik Bosman" <ebn310@....vu.nl>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Andrea Arcangeli" <andrea@...share.com>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Implement prctl PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC

Erik,

Could you CC me please on kernel-userland API changes.

Also it would be helpful if you could provide a short paragraph
(plaintext is fine) that describes the new commands and would be
suitable for inclusion in the prctl.2 (
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/prctl.2.html )
man page -- would that be possible?

Cheers,

Michael

On 4/11/08, Erik Bosman <ebn310@....vu.nl> wrote:
>
>     x86: Implement prctl PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC
>
>     This patch adds a configure option CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC
>     (off by default) for the x86 platform to enable the
>     PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC commands. These control the
>     ability to use the timestamp counter from userspace
>     (the RDTSC instruction.)
>
>     This patch uses code earlier used to disable the
>     timestamp counter for the SECCOMP framework. It used
>     to disable the RDTSC on 32 bit kernels, but allow it
>     on x86_64. This patch makes SECCOMP disable the
>     timestamp counter whenever CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC is
>     enabled.
>
>         Signed-off-by: Erik Bosman <ejbosman@...vu.nl>
>  ---
>   arch/x86/Kconfig                 |   15 ++++++++
>   arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c     |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c     |   72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/asm-x86/processor.h      |   11 ++++++
>   include/asm-x86/thread_info_64.h |    4 ++-
>   include/asm-x86/tsc.h            |    3 ++
>   kernel/seccomp.c                 |    2 +-
>   7 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
>  diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>  index 56bef39..8b79203 100644
>  --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
>  +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>  @@ -1122,6 +1122,21 @@ config IRQBALANCE
>           The default yes will allow the kernel to do irq load balancing.
>           Saying no will keep the kernel from doing irq load balancing.
>
>  +config DISABLE_TSC
>  +       def_bool n
>  +       prompt "Make availability of the RDTSC instruction configurable"
>  +       depends on (X86_32 || X86_64) && EXPERIMENTAL
>  +       help
>  +         While the RDTSC instruction allows for very precise time
>  +         measurements, it is also a source for non-determinism
>  +         during the execution of a process which can be a problem in some
>  +         security contexts. This option adds prctl commands to configure
>  +         and test the availability of the RDTSC instruction on a
>  +         per-process basis. Choosing this option may cause a small
>  +         performance hit during context switching.
>  +
>  +         If unsure, say N.
>  +
>   config SECCOMP
>         def_bool y
>         prompt "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
>  diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
>  index 6496344..e6a861f 100644
>  --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
>  +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
>  @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>   #include <linux/personality.h>
>   #include <linux/tick.h>
>   #include <linux/percpu.h>
>  +#include <linux/prctl.h>
>
>   #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>   #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>  @@ -528,11 +529,12 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip, unsigned long new_sp)
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
>
>  -#ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
>  +#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC
>   static void hard_disable_TSC(void)
>   {
>         write_cr4(read_cr4() | X86_CR4_TSD);
>   }
>  +
>   void disable_TSC(void)
>   {
>         preempt_disable();
>  @@ -544,11 +546,48 @@ void disable_TSC(void)
>                 hard_disable_TSC();
>         preempt_enable();
>   }
>  +
>   static void hard_enable_TSC(void)
>   {
>         write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_TSD);
>   }
>  -#endif /* CONFIG_SECCOMP */
>  +
>  +void enable_TSC(void)
>  +{
>  +       preempt_disable();
>  +       if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTSC))
>  +               /*
>  +                * Must flip the CPU state synchronously with
>  +                * TIF_NOTSC in the current running context.
>  +                */
>  +               hard_enable_TSC();
>  +       preempt_enable();
>  +}
>  +
>  +int get_tsc_mode(unsigned long adr)
>  +{
>  +       unsigned int val;
>  +
>  +       if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTSC))
>  +               val = PR_TSC_SIGSEGV;
>  +       else
>  +               val = PR_TSC_ENABLE;
>  +
>  +       return put_user(val, (unsigned int __user *)adr);
>  +}
>  +
>  +int set_tsc_mode(unsigned int val)
>  +{
>  +       if (val == PR_TSC_SIGSEGV)
>  +               disable_TSC();
>  +       else if (val == PR_TSC_ENABLE)
>  +               enable_TSC();
>  +       else
>  +               return -EINVAL;
>  +
>  +       return 0;
>  +}
>  +#endif /* CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC */
>
>   static noinline void
>   __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
>  @@ -582,7 +621,7 @@ __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
>                 set_debugreg(next->debugreg7, 7);
>         }
>
>  -#ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
>  +#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC
>         if (test_tsk_thread_flag(prev_p, TIF_NOTSC) ^
>             test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_NOTSC)) {
>                 /* prev and next are different */
>  @@ -839,3 +878,4 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm)
>         unsigned long range_end = mm->brk + 0x02000000;
>         return randomize_range(mm->brk, range_end, 0) ? : mm->brk;
>   }
>  +
>  diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
>  index 043a0c8..8ef8a2f 100644
>  --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
>  +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
>  @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>   #include <linux/kprobes.h>
>   #include <linux/kdebug.h>
>   #include <linux/tick.h>
>  +#include <linux/prctl.h>
>
>   #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>   #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>  @@ -555,6 +556,66 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip, unsigned long new_sp)
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
>
>  +#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC
>  +static void hard_disable_TSC(void)
>  +{
>  +       write_cr4(read_cr4() | X86_CR4_TSD);
>  +}
>  +
>  +void disable_TSC(void)
>  +{
>  +       preempt_disable();
>  +       if (!test_and_set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTSC))
>  +               /*
>  +                * Must flip the CPU state synchronously with
>  +                * TIF_NOTSC in the current running context.
>  +                */
>  +               hard_disable_TSC();
>  +       preempt_enable();
>  +}
>  +
>  +static void hard_enable_TSC(void)
>  +{
>  +       write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_TSD);
>  +}
>  +
>  +void enable_TSC(void)
>  +{
>  +       preempt_disable();
>  +       if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTSC))
>  +               /*
>  +                * Must flip the CPU state synchronously with
>  +                * TIF_NOTSC in the current running context.
>  +                */
>  +               hard_enable_TSC();
>  +       preempt_enable();
>  +}
>  +
>  +int get_tsc_mode(unsigned long adr)
>  +{
>  +       unsigned int val;
>  +
>  +       if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTSC))
>  +               val = PR_TSC_SIGSEGV;
>  +       else
>  +               val = PR_TSC_ENABLE;
>  +
>  +       return put_user(val, (unsigned int __user *)adr);
>  +}
>  +
>  +int set_tsc_mode(unsigned int val)
>  +{
>  +       if (val == PR_TSC_SIGSEGV)
>  +               disable_TSC();
>  +       else if (val == PR_TSC_ENABLE)
>  +               enable_TSC();
>  +       else
>  +               return -EINVAL;
>  +
>  +       return 0;
>  +}
>  +#endif /* CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC */
>  +
>   /*
>   * This special macro can be used to load a debugging register
>   */
>  @@ -592,6 +653,17 @@ static inline void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p,
>                 loaddebug(next, 7);
>         }
>
>  +#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC
>  +       if (test_tsk_thread_flag(prev_p, TIF_NOTSC) ^
>  +           test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_NOTSC)) {
>  +               /* prev and next are different */
>  +               if (test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_NOTSC))
>  +                       hard_disable_TSC();
>  +               else
>  +                       hard_enable_TSC();
>  +       }
>  +#endif
>  +
>         if (test_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_IO_BITMAP)) {
>                 /*
>                  * Copy the relevant range of the IO bitmap.
>  diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor.h b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
>  index 7b1e3a8..64eea62 100644
>  --- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h
>  +++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
>  @@ -921,4 +921,15 @@ extern void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip,
>
>   #define KSTK_EIP(task)         (task_pt_regs(task)->ip)
>
>  +#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC
>  +
>  +/* Get/set a process' ability to use the timestamp counter instruction */
>  +#define GET_TSC_CTL(adr)       get_tsc_mode((adr))
>  +#define SET_TSC_CTL(val)       set_tsc_mode((val))
>  +
>  +extern int get_tsc_mode(unsigned long adr);
>  +extern int set_tsc_mode(unsigned int val);
>  +
>  +#endif
>  +
>   #endif
>  diff --git a/include/asm-x86/thread_info_64.h b/include/asm-x86/thread_info_64.h
>  index f23fefc..ed664e8 100644
>  --- a/include/asm-x86/thread_info_64.h
>  +++ b/include/asm-x86/thread_info_64.h
>  @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *stack_thread_info(void)
>   #define TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR                25      /* uses thread_struct.debugctlmsr */
>   #define TIF_DS_AREA_MSR                26      /* uses thread_struct.ds_area_msr */
>   #define TIF_BTS_TRACE_TS       27      /* record scheduling event timestamps */
>  +#define TIF_NOTSC              28      /* TSC is not accessible in userland */
>
>   #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE     (1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
>   #define _TIF_SIGPENDING                (1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
>  @@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *stack_thread_info(void)
>   #define _TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR       (1 << TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR)
>   #define _TIF_DS_AREA_MSR       (1 << TIF_DS_AREA_MSR)
>   #define _TIF_BTS_TRACE_TS      (1 << TIF_BTS_TRACE_TS)
>  +#define _TIF_NOTSC             (1 << TIF_NOTSC)
>
>   /* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
>   #define _TIF_WORK_MASK                                                 \
>  @@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *stack_thread_info(void)
>
>   /* flags to check in __switch_to() */
>   #define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW                                                        \
>  -       (_TIF_IO_BITMAP|_TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR|_TIF_DS_AREA_MSR|_TIF_BTS_TRACE_TS)
>  +       (_TIF_IO_BITMAP|_TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR|_TIF_DS_AREA_MSR|_TIF_BTS_TRACE_TS|_TIF_NOTSC)
>   #define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_PREV _TIF_WORK_CTXSW
>   #define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_NEXT (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW|_TIF_DEBUG)
>
>  diff --git a/include/asm-x86/tsc.h b/include/asm-x86/tsc.h
>  index d2d8eb5..3281e21 100644
>  --- a/include/asm-x86/tsc.h
>  +++ b/include/asm-x86/tsc.h
>  @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ typedef unsigned long long cycles_t;
>   extern unsigned int cpu_khz;
>   extern unsigned int tsc_khz;
>
>  +#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC
>   extern void disable_TSC(void);
>  +extern void enable_TSC(void);
>  +#endif
>
>   static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
>   {
>  diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
>  index ad64fcb..0e0c7f0 100644
>  --- a/kernel/seccomp.c
>  +++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
>  @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ long prctl_set_seccomp(unsigned long seccomp_mode)
>         if (seccomp_mode && seccomp_mode <= NR_SECCOMP_MODES) {
>                 current->seccomp.mode = seccomp_mode;
>                 set_thread_flag(TIF_SECCOMP);
>  -#ifdef TIF_NOTSC
>  +#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_TSC
>                 disable_TSC();
>   #endif
>                 ret = 0;
>
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