linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] NOMMU: add support for Memory Protection Units (MPU)

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:14:25 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>,
	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...nel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] NOMMU: add support for Memory Protection Units (MPU)

From: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>

Some architectures (like the Blackfin arch) implement some of the
"simpler" features that one would expect out of a MMU such as memory
protection.  In our case, we actually get read/write/exec protection
down to the page boundary so processes can't stomp on each other let
alone the kernel.  There is a performance decrease (which depends greatly
on the workload) however as the hardware/software interaction was not
optimized at design time.

Signed-off-by: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>
Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
CC: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---
v2
	- unify mpu code in nommu.c to simplify things

 kernel/module.c |    5 +++++
 mm/nommu.c      |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index e797812..80036bc 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <linux/license.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
@@ -1506,6 +1507,10 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
 
 	/* Finally, free the core (containing the module structure) */
 	module_free(mod, mod->module_core);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	update_protections(current->mm);
+#endif
 }
 
 void *__symbol_get(const char *symbol)
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index b571ef7..e7c3bbe 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static inline __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)))
@@ -608,6 +609,22 @@ static void put_nommu_region(struct vm_region *region)
 }
 
 /*
+ * update protection on a vma
+ */
+static void protect_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long flags)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MPU
+	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+	long start = vma->vm_start & PAGE_MASK;
+	while (start < vma->vm_end) {
+		protect_page(mm, start, flags);
+		start += PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+	update_protections(mm);
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
  * add a VMA into a process's mm_struct in the appropriate place in the list
  * and tree and add to the address space's page tree also if not an anonymous
  * page
@@ -626,6 +643,8 @@ static void add_vma_to_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	mm->map_count++;
 	vma->vm_mm = mm;
 
+	protect_vma(vma, vma->vm_flags);
+
 	/* add the VMA to the mapping */
 	if (vma->vm_file) {
 		mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
@@ -688,6 +707,8 @@ static void delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 	kenter("%p", vma);
 
+	protect_vma(vma, 0);
+
 	mm->map_count--;
 	if (mm->mmap_cache == vma)
 		mm->mmap_cache = NULL;
-- 
1.6.3.3

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