linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] riscv: module: Create module allocations without exec permissions

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Date:   Fri, 2 Apr 2021 09:48:27 +0530
From:   Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>
To:     Jisheng Zhang <jszhang3@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
Cc:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] riscv: module: Create module allocations without
 exec permissions

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 10:04 PM Jisheng Zhang
<jszhang3@...l.ustc.edu.cn> wrote:
>
> From: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
>
> The core code manages the executable permissions of code regions of
> modules explicitly, it is not necessary to create the module vmalloc
> regions with RWX permissions. Create them with RW- permissions instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>

Regards,
Anup

> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/module.c | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/module.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/module.c
> index 104fba889cf7..e89367bba7c9 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/module.c
> @@ -407,14 +407,20 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs, const char *strtab,
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_MMU) && defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>  #define VMALLOC_MODULE_START \
>          max(PFN_ALIGN((unsigned long)&_end - SZ_2G), VMALLOC_START)
> +#else
> +#define VMALLOC_MODULE_START   VMALLOC_START
> +#endif
> +
>  void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
>  {
>         return __vmalloc_node_range(size, 1, VMALLOC_MODULE_START,
>                                     VMALLOC_END, GFP_KERNEL,
> -                                   PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE,
> +                                   PAGE_KERNEL, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE,
>                                     __builtin_return_address(0));
>  }
>  #endif
> --
> 2.31.0
>
>
>
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