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Message-ID: <5645456D.60207@huawei.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:05:33 +0800
From: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
CC: Laura Abbott <labbott@...oraproject.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 2/2] arm64: Allow changing of attributes outside of
modules
On 2015/11/13 0:31, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 11/12/2015 03:55 AM, zhong jiang wrote:
>> On 2015/11/11 9:57, Laura Abbott wrote:
>>> Currently, the set_memory_* functions that are implemented for arm64
>>> are restricted to module addresses only. This was mostly done
>>> because arm64 maps normal zone memory with larger page sizes to
>>> improve TLB performance. This has the side effect though of making it
>>> difficult to adjust attributes at the PAGE_SIZE granularity. There are
>>> an increasing number of use cases related to security where it is
>>> necessary to change the attributes of kernel memory. Add functionality
>>> to the page attribute changing code under a Kconfig to let systems
>>> designers decide if they want to make the trade off of security for TLB
>>> pressure.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...oraproject.org>
>>> ---
>>> v2: Re-worked to account for the full range of addresses. Will also just
>>> update the section blocks instead of splitting if the addresses are aligned
>>> properly.
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 12 ++++
>>> arch/arm64/mm/mm.h | 3 +
>>> arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 2 +-
>>> arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 174 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>> 4 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>> index 851fe11..46725e8 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>> @@ -521,6 +521,18 @@ config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
>>>
>>> source "mm/Kconfig"
>>>
>>> +config DEBUG_CHANGE_PAGEATTR
>>> + bool "Allow all kernel memory to have attributes changed"
>>> + default y
>>> + help
>>> + If this option is selected, APIs that change page attributes
>>> + (RW <-> RO, X <-> NX) will be valid for all memory mapped in
>>> + the kernel space. The trade off is that there may be increased
>>> + TLB pressure from finer grained page mapping. Turn on this option
>>> + if security is more important than performance
>>> +
>>> + If in doubt, say Y
>>> +
>>> config SECCOMP
>>> bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
>>> ---help---
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mm.h b/arch/arm64/mm/mm.h
>>> index ef47d99..7b0dcc4 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mm.h
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mm.h
>>> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
>>> extern void __init bootmem_init(void);
>>>
>>> void fixup_init(void);
>>> +
>>> +void split_pud(pud_t *old_pud, pmd_t *pmd);
>>> +void split_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, pte_t *pte);
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>>> index 496c3fd..9353e3c 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>>> @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void __init *early_alloc(unsigned long sz)
>>> /*
>>> * remap a PMD into pages
>>> */
>>> -static void split_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, pte_t *pte)
>>> +void split_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, pte_t *pte)
>>> {
>>> unsigned long pfn = pmd_pfn(*pmd);
>>> unsigned long addr = pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>>> index 3571c73..4a95fed 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>>> @@ -15,25 +15,162 @@
>>> #include <linux/module.h>
>>> #include <linux/sched.h>
>>>
>>> +#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
>>> #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>>> #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>>>
>>> -struct page_change_data {
>>> - pgprot_t set_mask;
>>> - pgprot_t clear_mask;
>>> -};
>>> +#include "mm.h"
>>>
>>> -static int change_page_range(pte_t *ptep, pgtable_t token, unsigned long addr,
>>> - void *data)
>>> +static int update_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
>>> + unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>>> + pgprot_t clear, pgprot_t set)
>>> {
>>> - struct page_change_data *cdata = data;
>>> - pte_t pte = *ptep;
>>> + pte_t *pte;
>>> + int err = 0;
>>> +
>>> + if (pmd_sect(*pmd)) {
>>> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_CHANGE_PAGEATTR)) {
>>> + err = -EINVAL;
>>> + goto out;
>>> + }
>>> + pte = pte_alloc_one_kernel(&init_mm, addr);
>>> + if (!pte) {
>>> + err = -ENOMEM;
>>> + goto out;
>>> + }
>>> + split_pmd(pmd, pte);
>>> + __pmd_populate(pmd, __pa(pte), PMD_TYPE_TABLE);
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> +
>>> + pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
>>> + if (pte_none(*pte)) {
>>> + err = -EFAULT;
>>> + goto out;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + do {
>>> + pte_t p = *pte;
>>> +
>>> + p = clear_pte_bit(p, clear);
>>> + p = set_pte_bit(p, set);
>>> + set_pte(pte, p);
>>> +
>>> + } while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
>>> +
>>> +out:
>>> + return err;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +
>>> +static int update_pmd_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud,
>>> + unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>>> + pgprot_t clear, pgprot_t set)
>>> +{
>>> + pmd_t *pmd;
>>> + unsigned long next;
>>> + int err = 0;
>>> +
>>> + if (pud_sect(*pud)) {
>>> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_CHANGE_PAGEATTR)) {
>>> + err = -EINVAL;
>>> + goto out;
>>> + }
>>> + pmd = pmd_alloc_one(&init_mm, addr);
>>> + if (!pmd) {
>>> + err = -ENOMEM;
>>> + goto out;
>>> + }
>>> + split_pud(pud, pmd);
>>> + pud_populate(&init_mm, pud, pmd);
>>> + }
>>> +
>>>
>>> - pte = clear_pte_bit(pte, cdata->clear_mask);
>>> - pte = set_pte_bit(pte, cdata->set_mask);
>>> + pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
>>> + if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
>>> + err = -EFAULT;
>>> + goto out;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>
>> we try to preserve the section area, but the addr | end does not ensure that
>> physical memory is alignment. In addtion, if numpages cross section area, and
>> addr points to the physical memory is alignment to the section. In this case,
>> we should consider to retain the section.
>>
>
> I'm not sure what physical memory you are referring to here. The mapping is
> already set up so if there is a section mapping we know the physical memory
> is going to be set up to be a section size. We aren't setting up a new mapping
> for the physical address so there is no need to check that again. The only
> way to get the physical address would be to read it out of the section
> entry which wouldn't give any more information.
>
> I'm also not sure what you are referring to with numpages crossing a section
> area. In update_pud_range and update_pmd_range there are checks if a
> section can be used. If it can, it updates. The split action is only called
> if it isn't aligned. The loop ensures this will happen across all possible
> sections.
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
>
Hi Laura
In pmd_update_range, Is the pmd pointing to large page if addr is alignment ?
I mean that whether it need to add pmd_sect() to guarantee.
Thanks
zhongjiang
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