linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/35] drm/i915/gvt: Change _PAGE_DIRTY to _PAGE_DIRTY

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <a5bb32b8-8bd7-ac98-5c4c-5af604ac8256@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 9 Feb 2022 08:58:16 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        "H . J . Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "Ravi V . Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
        Weijiang Yang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        joao.moreira@...el.com, John Allen <john.allen@....com>,
        kcc@...gle.com, eranian@...gle.com
Cc:     Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>,
        Zhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/35] drm/i915/gvt: Change _PAGE_DIRTY to
 _PAGE_DIRTY_BITS

On 1/30/22 13:18, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c
> index 99d1781fa5f0..75ce4e823902 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c
> @@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ static int split_2MB_gtt_entry(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu,
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Clear dirty field. */
> -	se->val64 &= ~_PAGE_DIRTY;
> +	se->val64 &= ~_PAGE_DIRTY_BITS;
>  
>  	ops->clear_pse(se);
>  	ops->clear_ips(se);

Are these x86 CPU page table values?  I see ->val64 being used like this:

        e->val64 &= ~GEN8_PAGE_PRESENT;
and
	se.val64 |= GEN8_PAGE_PRESENT | GEN8_PAGE_RW;

where we also have:

#define GEN8_PAGE_PRESENT               BIT_ULL(0)
#define GEN8_PAGE_RW                    BIT_ULL(1)

Which tells me that these are probably *close* to the CPU's page tables.
 But, I honestly don't know which format they are.  I don't know if
_PAGE_COW is still a software bit in that format or not.

Either way, I don't think we should be messing with i915 device page tables.

Or, are these somehow magically shared with the CPU in some way I don't
know about?

[ If these are device-only page tables, it would probably be nice to
  stop using _PAGE_FOO for them.  It would avoid confusion like this. ]