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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:35:23 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
stable@...r.kernel.org, Jike Song <albcamus@...il.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
Jiri Koshina <jikos@...nel.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>,
Andi Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
Greg KH <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 096/118] x86/mm/pti: Remove dead logic in pti_user_pagetable_walk*()
4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Jike Song <albcamus@...il.com>
commit 8d56eff266f3e41a6c39926269c4c3f58f881a8e upstream.
The following code contains dead logic:
162 if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
163 unsigned long new_p4d_page = __get_free_page(gfp);
164 if (!new_p4d_page)
165 return NULL;
166
167 if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
168 set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_p4d_page)));
169 new_p4d_page = 0;
170 }
171 if (new_p4d_page)
172 free_page(new_p4d_page);
173 }
There can't be any difference between two pgd_none(*pgd) at L162 and L167,
so it's always false at L171.
Dave Hansen explained:
Yes, the double-test was part of an optimization where we attempted to
avoid using a global spinlock in the fork() path. We would check for
unallocated mid-level page tables without the lock. The lock was only
taken when we needed to *make* an entry to avoid collisions.
Now that it is all single-threaded, there is no chance of a collision,
no need for a lock, and no need for the re-check.
As all these functions are only called during init, mark them __init as
well.
Fixes: 03f4424f348e ("x86/mm/pti: Add functions to clone kernel PMDs")
Signed-off-by: Jike Song <albcamus@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Koshina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
Cc: Andi Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180108160341.3461-1-albcamus@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 32 ++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pgd_t __pti_set_user_pgd(pgd_t *pgdp, pg
*
* Returns a pointer to a P4D on success, or NULL on failure.
*/
-static p4d_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(unsigned long address)
+static __init p4d_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(unsigned long address)
{
pgd_t *pgd = kernel_to_user_pgdp(pgd_offset_k(address));
gfp_t gfp = (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
@@ -164,12 +164,7 @@ static p4d_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4
if (!new_p4d_page)
return NULL;
- if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
- set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_p4d_page)));
- new_p4d_page = 0;
- }
- if (new_p4d_page)
- free_page(new_p4d_page);
+ set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_p4d_page)));
}
BUILD_BUG_ON(pgd_large(*pgd) != 0);
@@ -182,7 +177,7 @@ static p4d_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4
*
* Returns a pointer to a PMD on success, or NULL on failure.
*/
-static pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(unsigned long address)
+static __init pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(unsigned long address)
{
gfp_t gfp = (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
p4d_t *p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(address);
@@ -194,12 +189,7 @@ static pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pm
if (!new_pud_page)
return NULL;
- if (p4d_none(*p4d)) {
- set_p4d(p4d, __p4d(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_pud_page)));
- new_pud_page = 0;
- }
- if (new_pud_page)
- free_page(new_pud_page);
+ set_p4d(p4d, __p4d(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_pud_page)));
}
pud = pud_offset(p4d, address);
@@ -213,12 +203,7 @@ static pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pm
if (!new_pmd_page)
return NULL;
- if (pud_none(*pud)) {
- set_pud(pud, __pud(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_pmd_page)));
- new_pmd_page = 0;
- }
- if (new_pmd_page)
- free_page(new_pmd_page);
+ set_pud(pud, __pud(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_pmd_page)));
}
return pmd_offset(pud, address);
@@ -251,12 +236,7 @@ static __init pte_t *pti_user_pagetable_
if (!new_pte_page)
return NULL;
- if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
- set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_pte_page)));
- new_pte_page = 0;
- }
- if (new_pte_page)
- free_page(new_pte_page);
+ set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_pte_page)));
}
pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, address);
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