linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 14/27] mm: Handle THP/HugeTLB shadow stack page fault

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Message-ID: <4ba0410c-eadf-19f7-1931-ee7f9e38fde8@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:08:30 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omiun.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Vedvyas Shanbhogue <vedvyas.shanbhogue@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 14/27] mm: Handle THP/HugeTLB shadow stack page
 fault

On 07/10/2018 03:26 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> @@ -1347,6 +1353,8 @@ int do_huge_pmd_wp_page(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd)
>  		pmd_t entry;
>  		entry = mk_huge_pmd(new_page, vma->vm_page_prot);
>  		entry = maybe_pmd_mkwrite(pmd_mkdirty(entry), vma);
> +		if (is_shstk_mapping(vma->vm_flags))
> +			entry = pmd_mkdirty_shstk(entry);

This pattern is repeated enough that it makes me wonder if we should
just be doing the shadowstack PTE creation in mk_huge_pmd() itself.

Or, should we just be setting the shadowstack pte bit combination in
vma->vm_page_prot so we don't have to go set it explicitly every time?