linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] vmalloc: reject vmap with VM_FLUSH_RESET

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Date:   Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:27:03 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        iommu@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] vmalloc: reject vmap with VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS

VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS is just for use with vmalloc as it is tied to freeing
the underlying pages.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 9e30f0b3920325..88a644cde9fb12 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2849,6 +2849,9 @@ void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned int count,
 
 	might_sleep();
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS))
+		return NULL;
+
 	/*
 	 * Your top guard is someone else's bottom guard. Not having a top
 	 * guard compromises someone else's mappings too.
-- 
2.35.1