linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 27/27] x86/cet: Add arch

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Message-ID: <1531342544.15351.37.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:55:44 -0700
From:   Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
To:     Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Cc:     the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 27/27] x86/cet: Add arch_prctl functions for CET

On Wed, 2018-07-11 at 12:45 -0700, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 3:31 PM Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > arch_prctl(ARCH_CET_STATUS, unsigned long *addr)
> >     Return CET feature status.
> > 
> >     The parameter 'addr' is a pointer to a user buffer.
> >     On returning to the caller, the kernel fills the following
> >     information:
> > 
> >     *addr = SHSTK/IBT status
> >     *(addr + 1) = SHSTK base address
> >     *(addr + 2) = SHSTK size
> > 
> > arch_prctl(ARCH_CET_DISABLE, unsigned long features)
> >     Disable SHSTK and/or IBT specified in 'features'.  Return
> > -EPERM
> >     if CET is locked out.
> > 
> > arch_prctl(ARCH_CET_LOCK)
> >     Lock out CET feature.
> > 
> > arch_prctl(ARCH_CET_ALLOC_SHSTK, unsigned long *addr)
> >     Allocate a new SHSTK.
> > 
> >     The parameter 'addr' is a pointer to a user buffer and
> > indicates
> >     the desired SHSTK size to allocate.  On returning to the caller
> >     the buffer contains the address of the new SHSTK.
> > 
> > arch_prctl(ARCH_CET_LEGACY_BITMAP, unsigned long *addr)
> >     Allocate an IBT legacy code bitmap if the current task does not
> >     have one.
> > 
> >     The parameter 'addr' is a pointer to a user buffer.
> >     On returning to the caller, the kernel fills the following
> >     information:
> > 
> >     *addr = IBT bitmap base address
> >     *(addr + 1) = IBT bitmap size
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
> [...]
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cet_prctl.c
> > b/arch/x86/kernel/cet_prctl.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..86bb78ae656d
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cet_prctl.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > +
> > +#include <linux/errno.h>
> > +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
> > +#include <linux/prctl.h>
> > +#include <linux/compat.h>
> > +#include <asm/processor.h>
> > +#include <asm/prctl.h>
> > +#include <asm/elf.h>
> > +#include <asm/elf_property.h>
> > +#include <asm/cet.h>
> > +
> > +/* See Documentation/x86/intel_cet.txt. */
> > +
> > +static int handle_get_status(unsigned long arg2)
> > +{
> > +       unsigned int features = 0;
> > +       unsigned long shstk_base, shstk_size;
> > +
> > +       if (current->thread.cet.shstk_enabled)
> > +               features |= GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK;
> > +       if (current->thread.cet.ibt_enabled)
> > +               features |= GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT;
> > +
> > +       shstk_base = current->thread.cet.shstk_base;
> > +       shstk_size = current->thread.cet.shstk_size;
> > +
> > +       if (in_ia32_syscall()) {
> > +               unsigned int buf[3];
> > +
> > +               buf[0] = features;
> > +               buf[1] = (unsigned int)shstk_base;
> > +               buf[2] = (unsigned int)shstk_size;
> > +               return copy_to_user((unsigned int __user *)arg2,
> > buf,
> > +                                   sizeof(buf));
> > +       } else {
> > +               unsigned long buf[3];
> > +
> > +               buf[0] = (unsigned long)features;
> > +               buf[1] = shstk_base;
> > +               buf[2] = shstk_size;
> > +               return copy_to_user((unsigned long __user *)arg2,
> > buf,
> > +                                   sizeof(buf));
> > +       }
> Other places in the kernel (e.g. the BPF subsystem) just
> unconditionally use u64 instead of unsigned long to avoid having to
> switch between different sizes. I wonder whether that would make
> sense
> here?

Yes, that simplifies the code.  I will make that change.

Yu-cheng