linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/17] mm: add generic __va_function and __pa

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Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:16:55 +0000
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/17] mm: add generic __va_function and __pa_function
 macros

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 08:54:18AM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:14 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 01:39:32PM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> > > With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, the compiler replaces function addresses
> > > in instrumented C code with jump table addresses. This means that
> > > __pa_symbol(function) returns the physical address of the jump table
> > > entry instead of the actual function, which may not work as the jump
> > > table code will immediately jump to a virtual address that may not be
> > > mapped.
> > >
> > > To avoid this address space confusion, this change adds generic
> > > definitions for __va_function and __pa_function, which architectures
> > > that support CFI can override. The typical implementation of the
> > > __va_function macro would use inline assembly to take the function
> > > address, which avoids compiler instrumentation.
> >
> > I think these helper are sensible, but shouldn't they have somewhat
> > less arcane names and proper documentation?
> 
> Good point, I'll add comments in the next version. I thought
> __pa_function would be a fairly straightforward replacement for
> __pa_symbol, but I'm fine with renaming these. Any suggestions for
> less arcane names?

I think dropping 'nocfi' into the name would be clear enough. I think
that given the usual fun with {symbol,module,virt}->phys conversions
it's not worth having the __pa_* form, and we can leave the phys
conversion to the caller that knows where the function lives.

How about we just add `function_nocfi()` ?

Callers can then do `__pa_symbol(function_nocfi(foo))` and similar.

Thanks,
Mark.