linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 4/5] kexec_file: Add mechanism to update kexec segments.

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Message-Id: <1472149111-30598-5-git-send-email-bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:18:30 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     kexec@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ima-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Stewart Smith <stewart@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Eric Richter <erichte@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/5] kexec_file: Add mechanism to update kexec segments.

kexec_update_segment allows a given segment in kexec_image to have
its contents updated. This is useful if the current kernel wants to
send information to the next kernel that is up-to-date at the time of
reboot.

Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/kexec.h |  2 ++
 kernel/kexec_core.c   | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 101 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index edadff6c86ff..ff3aa93649e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ extern int kexec_purgatory_get_set_symbol(struct kimage *image,
 					  unsigned int size, bool get_value);
 extern void *kexec_purgatory_get_symbol_addr(struct kimage *image,
 					     const char *name);
+int kexec_update_segment(const char *buffer, size_t bufsz,
+			 unsigned long load_addr, size_t memsz);
 extern void __crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *);
 extern void crash_kexec(struct pt_regs *);
 int kexec_should_crash(struct task_struct *);
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index 561675589511..11ca5f8678df 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -721,6 +721,105 @@ static struct page *kimage_alloc_page(struct kimage *image,
 	return page;
 }
 
+/**
+ * kexec_update_segment - update the contents of a kimage segment
+ * @buffer:	New contents of the segment.
+ * @bufsz:	@buffer size.
+ * @load_addr:	Segment's physical address in the next kernel.
+ * @memsz:	Segment size.
+ *
+ * This function assumes kexec_mutex is held.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ */
+int kexec_update_segment(const char *buffer, size_t bufsz,
+			 unsigned long load_addr, size_t memsz)
+{
+	int i;
+	unsigned long entry;
+	unsigned long *ptr = NULL;
+	void *dest = NULL;
+
+	if (kexec_image == NULL) {
+		pr_err("Can't update segment: no kexec image loaded.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * kexec_add_buffer rounds up segment sizes to PAGE_SIZE, so
+	 * we have to do it here as well.
+	 */
+	memsz = ALIGN(memsz, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < kexec_image->nr_segments; i++)
+		/* We only support updating whole segments. */
+		if (load_addr == kexec_image->segment[i].mem &&
+		    memsz == kexec_image->segment[i].memsz) {
+			if (!kexec_image->segment[i].skip_checksum) {
+				pr_err("Trying to update non-modifiable segment.\n");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		}
+	if (i == kexec_image->nr_segments) {
+		pr_err("Couldn't find segment to update: 0x%lx, size 0x%zx\n",
+		       load_addr, memsz);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	for (entry = kexec_image->head; !(entry & IND_DONE) && memsz;
+	     entry = *ptr++) {
+		void *addr = (void *) (entry & PAGE_MASK);
+
+		switch (entry & IND_FLAGS) {
+		case IND_DESTINATION:
+			dest = addr;
+			break;
+		case IND_INDIRECTION:
+			ptr = __va(entry & PAGE_MASK);
+			break;
+		case IND_SOURCE:
+			/* Shouldn't happen, but verify just to be safe. */
+			if (dest == NULL) {
+				pr_err("Invalid kexec entries list.");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
+			if (dest == (void *) load_addr) {
+				struct page *page;
+				char *ptr;
+				size_t uchunk, mchunk;
+
+				page = kmap_to_page(addr);
+
+				ptr = kmap_atomic(page);
+				ptr += load_addr & ~PAGE_MASK;
+				mchunk = min_t(size_t, memsz,
+					       PAGE_SIZE - (load_addr & ~PAGE_MASK));
+				uchunk = min(bufsz, mchunk);
+				memcpy(ptr, buffer, uchunk);
+
+				kunmap_atomic(ptr);
+
+				bufsz -= uchunk;
+				load_addr += mchunk;
+				buffer += mchunk;
+				memsz -= mchunk;
+			}
+			dest += PAGE_SIZE;
+		}
+
+		/* Shouldn't happen, but verify just to be safe. */
+		if (ptr == NULL) {
+			pr_err("Invalid kexec entries list.");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int kimage_load_normal_segment(struct kimage *image,
 					 struct kexec_segment *segment)
 {
-- 
1.9.1