linux-kernel - Re: [08/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Map the dynamically-allocated LDTs

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Message-ID: <20171129220359.GA24360@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:03:59 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [08/24] x86/mm/kaiser: Map the dynamically-allocated LDTs

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:49:07AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Normally, a process has a NULL mm->context.ldt.  But, there is a
> syscall for a process to set a new one.  If a process does that,
> the LDT be mapped into the user page tables, just like the
> default copy.
> 
> The original KAISER patch missed this case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> Cc: daniel.gruss@...k.tugraz.at
> Cc: hughd@...gle.com
> Cc: keescook@...gle.com
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: michael.schwarz@...k.tugraz.at
> Cc: moritz.lipp@...k.tugraz.at
> Cc: richard.fellner@...dent.tugraz.at
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171123003455.275397F7@viggo.jf.intel.com
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
... 
> +
>  /* The caller must call finalize_ldt_struct on the result. LDT starts zeroed. */
>  static struct ldt_struct *alloc_ldt_struct(unsigned int num_entries)
>  {
>  	struct ldt_struct *new_ldt;
>  	unsigned int alloc_size;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	if (num_entries > LDT_ENTRIES)
>  		return NULL;
> @@ -89,6 +100,12 @@ static struct ldt_struct *alloc_ldt_struct(unsigned int num_entries)
>  		return NULL;
>  	}
>  
> +	ret = kaiser_add_mapping((unsigned long)new_ldt->entries, alloc_size,
> +				 __PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_GLOBAL);

This results in:

arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c: In function ‘alloc_ldt_struct’:
arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c:104:6: warning: large integer implicitly truncated to
unsigned type [-Woverflow]
      __PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_GLOBAL);
            ^

in ARCH=i386 builds with CONFIG_X86_PAE enabled. See
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cros-kernel-buildreports/8R41aX07daU

Guenter