linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: Add unsafe_follow

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Message-ID: <20210329132939.GA1168773@nvidia.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:29:39 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:     DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: Add unsafe_follow_pfn

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 04:33:01PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> Way back it was a reasonable assumptions that iomem mappings never
> change the pfn range they point at. But this has changed:
> 
> - gpu drivers dynamically manage their memory nowadays, invalidating
> ptes with unmap_mapping_range when buffers get moved
> 
> - contiguous dma allocations have moved from dedicated carvetouts to
> cma regions. This means if we miss the unmap the pfn might contain
> pagecache or anon memory (well anything allocated with GFP_MOVEABLE)
> 
> - even /dev/mem now invalidates mappings when the kernel requests that
> iomem region when CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM is set, see 3234ac664a87
> ("/dev/mem: Revoke mappings when a driver claims the region")
> 
> Accessing pfns obtained from ptes without holding all the locks is
> therefore no longer a good idea.
> 
> Unfortunately there's some users where this is not fixable (like v4l
> userptr of iomem mappings) or involves a pile of work (vfio type1
> iommu). For now annotate these as unsafe and splat appropriately.
> 
> This patch adds an unsafe_follow_pfn, which later patches will then
> roll out to all appropriate places.
> 
> Also mark up follow_pfn as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. The only safe way to use
> that by drivers/modules is together with an mmu_notifier, and that's
> all _GPL stuff.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> Cc: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> --
> v5: Suggestions from Christoph
> - reindent for less weirdness
> - use IS_ENABLED instead of #ifdef
> - same checks for nommu, for consistency
> - EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for follow_pfn.
> - kerneldoc was already updated in previous versions to explain when
>   follow_pfn can be used safely
> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h |  2 ++
>  mm/memory.c        | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  mm/nommu.c         | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  security/Kconfig   | 13 +++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason