linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/signal32: Use fault_in_pages

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Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:45:51 +0200
From:   Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/signal32: Use fault_in_pages_readable() to
 prefault user context

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 4:17 PM, Christophe Leroy
<christophe.leroy@....fr> wrote:
> Use fault_in_pages_readable() to prefault user context
> instead of open coding
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c | 13 +++++--------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
> index 492f03451877..cfacb2726152 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>  #include <linux/errno.h>
>  #include <linux/elf.h>
>  #include <linux/ptrace.h>
> +#include <linux/pagemap.h>
>  #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
>  #include <linux/syscalls.h>
> @@ -1045,7 +1046,6 @@ long sys_swapcontext(struct ucontext __user *old_ctx,
>                      struct ucontext __user *new_ctx,
>                      int ctx_size, int r6, int r7, int r8, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> -       unsigned char tmp __maybe_unused;
>         int ctx_has_vsx_region = 0;
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
> @@ -1109,9 +1109,8 @@ long sys_swapcontext(struct ucontext __user *old_ctx,
>         }
>         if (new_ctx == NULL)
>                 return 0;
> -       if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, new_ctx, ctx_size)
> -           || __get_user(tmp, (u8 __user *) new_ctx)
> -           || __get_user(tmp, (u8 __user *) new_ctx + ctx_size - 1))
> +       if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, new_ctx, ctx_size) ||
> +           fault_in_pages_readable((u8 __user *)new_ctx, ctx_size))
>                 return -EFAULT;
>
>         /*
> @@ -1231,7 +1230,6 @@ int sys_debug_setcontext(struct ucontext __user *ctx,
>  {
>         struct sig_dbg_op op;
>         int i;
> -       unsigned char tmp __maybe_unused;
>         unsigned long new_msr = regs->msr;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ADV_DEBUG_REGS
>         unsigned long new_dbcr0 = current->thread.debug.dbcr0;
> @@ -1287,9 +1285,8 @@ int sys_debug_setcontext(struct ucontext __user *ctx,
>         current->thread.debug.dbcr0 = new_dbcr0;
>  #endif
>
> -       if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, ctx, sizeof(*ctx))
> -           || __get_user(tmp, (u8 __user *) ctx)
> -           || __get_user(tmp, (u8 __user *) (ctx + 1) - 1))
> +       if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, ctx, sizeof(*ctx)) ||
> +           fault_in_pages_readable((u8 __user *)ctx, 1))

I believe you meant:

fault_in_pages_readable((u8 __user *)new_ctx, ctx_size)

Since (u8 __user *) (ctx + 1) - 1 really is (u8 __user *) new_ctx + ctx_size - 1

>                 return -EFAULT;
>
>         /*
> --
> 2.13.3
>