linux-kernel - [tip:x86/mm] fork: Provide a function for copying init

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Message-ID: <tip-13585fa0668c724efab9635aaeef6ec390217415@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 04:18:40 -0700
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Subject: [tip:x86/mm] fork: Provide a function for copying init_mm

Commit-ID:  13585fa0668c724efab9635aaeef6ec390217415
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/13585fa0668c724efab9635aaeef6ec390217415
Author:     Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:25 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:37:51 +0200

fork: Provide a function for copying init_mm

Provide a function for copying init_mm. This function will be later used
for setting a temporary mm.

Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
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Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
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Cc: <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-6-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/sched/task.h |  1 +
 kernel/fork.c              | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index 2e97a2227045..f1227f2c38a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ extern void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *);
 extern long _do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *, unsigned long);
 extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
 struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
+struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void);
 extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
 extern long kernel_wait4(pid_t, int __user *, int, struct rusage *);
 
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 44fba5e5e916..fbe9dfcd8680 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1299,13 +1299,20 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 		complete_vfork_done(tsk);
 }
 
-/*
- * Allocate a new mm structure and copy contents from the
- * mm structure of the passed in task structure.
+/**
+ * dup_mm() - duplicates an existing mm structure
+ * @tsk: the task_struct with which the new mm will be associated.
+ * @oldmm: the mm to duplicate.
+ *
+ * Allocates a new mm structure and duplicates the provided @oldmm structure
+ * content into it.
+ *
+ * Return: the duplicated mm or NULL on failure.
  */
-static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
+static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk,
+				struct mm_struct *oldmm)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm, *oldmm = current->mm;
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	int err;
 
 	mm = allocate_mm();
@@ -1372,7 +1379,7 @@ static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	}
 
 	retval = -ENOMEM;
-	mm = dup_mm(tsk);
+	mm = dup_mm(tsk, current->mm);
 	if (!mm)
 		goto fail_nomem;
 
@@ -2187,6 +2194,11 @@ struct task_struct *fork_idle(int cpu)
 	return task;
 }
 
+struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void)
+{
+	return dup_mm(NULL, &init_mm);
+}
+
 /*
  *  Ok, this is the main fork-routine.
  *