linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] arm64/vdso: Handle faults on timens page

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Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:07:20 +0000
From:   Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
To:     Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] arm64/vdso: Handle faults on timens page

Hi Andrei,

On 04/02/2020 17:59, Andrei Vagin wrote:
> If a task belongs to a time namespace then the VVAR page which contains
> the system wide VDSO data is replaced with a namespace specific page
> which has the same layout as the VVAR page.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
> index bc93e26ae485..2e553468b183 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
>  #include <vdso/datapage.h>
>  #include <vdso/helpers.h>
>  #include <vdso/vsyscall.h>
> +#include <linux/time_namespace.h>
>  

Nit: Could you please group this with the linux/ headers and keep the
alphabetical order.

>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>  #include <asm/signal32.h>
> @@ -171,15 +172,61 @@ int vdso_join_timens(struct task_struct *task, struct time_namespace *ns)
>  	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +
> +static struct page *find_timens_vvar_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> +	if (likely(vma->vm_mm == current->mm))
> +		return current->nsproxy->time_ns->vvar_page;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * VM_PFNMAP | VM_IO protect .fault() handler from being called
> +	 * through interfaces like /proc/$pid/mem or
> +	 * process_vm_{readv,writev}() as long as there's no .access()
> +	 * in special_mapping_vmops().
> +	 * For more details check_vma_flags() and __access_remote_vm()
> +	 */
> +
> +	WARN(1, "vvar_page accessed remotely");
> +
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline struct page *find_timens_vvar_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> +	return NULL;
> +}
>  #endif
>  
>  static vm_fault_t vvar_fault(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
>  		      struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  {
> -	if (vmf->pgoff == 0)
> -		return vmf_insert_pfn(vma, vmf->address,
> -				sym_to_pfn(vdso_data));
> -	return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> +	struct page *timens_page = find_timens_vvar_page(vma);
> +	unsigned long pfn;
> +
> +	switch (vmf->pgoff) {
> +	case VVAR_DATA_PAGE_OFFSET:
> +		if (timens_page)
> +			pfn = page_to_pfn(timens_page);
> +		else
> +			pfn = sym_to_pfn(vdso_data);
> +		break;
> +	case VVAR_TIMENS_PAGE_OFFSET:
> +		/*
> +		 * If a task belongs to a time namespace then a namespace
> +		 * specific VVAR is mapped with the VVAR_DATA_PAGE_OFFSET and
> +		 * the real VVAR page is mapped with the VVAR_TIMENS_PAGE_OFFSET
> +		 * offset.
> +		 * See also the comment near timens_setup_vdso_data().
> +		 */
> +		if (!timens_page)
> +			return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> +		pfn = sym_to_pfn(vdso_data);
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> +	}
> +
> +	return vmf_insert_pfn(vma, vmf->address, pfn);
>  }
>  
>  static int __setup_additional_pages(enum arch_vdso_type arch_index,
> 

-- 
Regards,
Vincenzo

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