linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 02/10] x86/mm: undo double _PAGE

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Message-Id: <20180222203654.F87D4CFF@viggo.jf.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:36:54 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, aarcange@...hat.com,
        luto@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        keescook@...gle.com, hughd@...gle.com, jgross@...e.com,
        x86@...nel.org, namit@...are.com
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 02/10] x86/mm: undo double _PAGE_PSE clearing


From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>

When clearing _PAGE_PRESENT on a huge page, we need to be careful
to also clear _PAGE_PSE, otherwise it might still get confused
for a valid large page table entry.

We do that near the spot where we *set* _PAGE_PSE.  That's fine,
but it's unnecessary.  pgprot_large_2_4k() already did it.

BTW, I also noticed that pgprot_large_2_4k() and
pgprot_4k_2_large() are not symmetric.  pgprot_large_2_4k() clears
_PAGE_PSE (because it is aliased to _PAGE_PAT) but
pgprot_4k_2_large() does not put _PAGE_PSE back.  Bummer.

Also, add some comments and change "promote" to "move".  "Promote"
seems an odd word to move when we are logically moving a bit to a
lower bit position.  Also add an extra line return to make it clear
to which line the comment applies.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
---

 b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c~kpti-undo-double-_PAGE_PSE-clear arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c~kpti-undo-double-_PAGE_PSE-clear	2018-02-22 12:36:18.072036555 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c	2018-02-22 12:36:18.076036555 -0800
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ try_preserve_large_page(pte_t *kpte, uns
 	 * up accordingly.
 	 */
 	old_pte = *kpte;
+	/* Clear PSE (aka _PAGE_PAT) and move PAT bit to correct position */
 	req_prot = pgprot_large_2_4k(old_prot);
 
 	pgprot_val(req_prot) &= ~pgprot_val(cpa->mask_clr);
@@ -597,8 +598,6 @@ try_preserve_large_page(pte_t *kpte, uns
 	req_prot = pgprot_clear_protnone_bits(req_prot);
         if (pgprot_val(req_prot) & _PAGE_PRESENT)
 		pgprot_val(req_prot) |= _PAGE_PSE;
-	else
-		pgprot_val(req_prot) &= ~_PAGE_PSE;
 	req_prot = canon_pgprot(req_prot);
 
 	/*
@@ -684,8 +683,12 @@ __split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa,
 	switch (level) {
 	case PG_LEVEL_2M:
 		ref_prot = pmd_pgprot(*(pmd_t *)kpte);
-		/* clear PSE and promote PAT bit to correct position */
+		/*
+		 * Clear PSE (aka _PAGE_PAT) and move
+		 * PAT bit to correct position.
+		 */
 		ref_prot = pgprot_large_2_4k(ref_prot);
+
 		ref_pfn = pmd_pfn(*(pmd_t *)kpte);
 		break;
 
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