Message-Id: <cover.1679494218.git.lstoakes@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:17:31 +0000
From:   Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Liu Shixin <liushixin2@...wei.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 0/4] convert read_kcore(), vread() to use iterators

While reviewing Baoquan's recent changes to permit vread() access to
vm_map_ram regions of vmalloc allocations, Willy pointed out [1] that it
would be nice to refactor vread() as a whole, since its only user is
read_kcore() and the existing form of vread() necessitates the use of a
bounce buffer.

This patch series does exactly that, as well as adjusting how we read the
kernel text section to avoid the use of a bounce buffer in this case as
well.

This has been tested against the test case which motivated Baoquan's
changes in the first place [2] which continues to function correctly, as do
the vmalloc self tests.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y8WfDSRkc%2FOHP3oD@casper.infradead.org/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/87ilk6gos2.fsf@oracle.com/T/#u

v5:
- Do not rename fpos to ppos in read_kcore_iter() to avoid churn.
- Fix incorrect commit messages after prior revisions altered the approach.
- Replace copy_page_to_iter_atomic() with copy_page_to_iter_nofault() and
  adjust it to be able to handle compound pages. This uses
  copy_to_user_nofault() which ensures page faults are disabled during copy
  which kmap_local_page() was not doing.
- Only try to fault in pages if we are unable to copy in the first place
  and try only once to avoid any risk of spinning.
- Do not zero memory in aligned_vread_iter() if we couldn't copy it.
- Fix mistake in zeroing missing or unpopulated blocks in
  vmap_ram_vread_iter().

v4:
- Fixup mistake in email client which orphaned patch emails from the
  cover letter.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1679431886.git.lstoakes@gmail.com

v3:
- Revert introduction of mutex/rwsem in vmalloc
- Introduce copy_page_to_iter_atomic() iovec function
- Update vread_iter() and descendent functions to use only this
- Fault in user pages before calling vread_iter()
- Use const char* in vread_iter() and descendent functions
- Updated commit messages based on feedback
- Extend vread functions to always check how many bytes we could copy. If
  at any stage we are unable to copy/zero, abort and return the number of
  bytes we did copy.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1679354384.git.lstoakes@gmail.com/

v2:
- Fix ordering of vread_iter() parameters
- Fix nommu vread() -> vread_iter()
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1679209395.git.lstoakes@gmail.com/

v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1679183626.git.lstoakes@gmail.com/

Lorenzo Stoakes (4):
  fs/proc/kcore: avoid bounce buffer for ktext data
  fs/proc/kcore: convert read_kcore() to read_kcore_iter()
  iov_iter: add copy_page_to_iter_nofault()
  mm: vmalloc: convert vread() to vread_iter()

 fs/proc/kcore.c         |  78 ++++++--------
 include/linux/uio.h     |   2 +
 include/linux/vmalloc.h |   3 +-
 lib/iov_iter.c          |  36 +++++++
 mm/nommu.c              |  10 +-
 mm/vmalloc.c            | 234 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 6 files changed, 224 insertions(+), 139 deletions(-)

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2.39.2

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