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Message-ID: <168694302024.404.10992834029172607426.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:17:00 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Rick Edgecombe" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Yu-cheng Yu" <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Pengfei Xu <pengfei.xu@...el.com>,
        John Allen <john.allen@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/shstk] mm/mmap: Add shadow stack pages to memory accounting

The following commit has been merged into the x86/shstk branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     6538963ccabd17c61265a8fb497c76727f6bc638
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/6538963ccabd17c61265a8fb497c76727f6bc638
Author:        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:10:45 -07:00
Committer:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
CommitterDate: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:31:33 -07:00

mm/mmap: Add shadow stack pages to memory accounting

The x86 Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) feature includes a new
type of memory called shadow stack. This shadow stack memory has some
unusual properties, which requires some core mm changes to function
properly.

Co-developed-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@...nel.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Tested-by: Pengfei Xu <pengfei.xu@...el.com>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@....com>
Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230613001108.3040476-20-rick.p.edgecombe%40intel.com
---
 mm/internal.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 68410c6..dd2ded3 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -535,14 +535,14 @@ static inline bool is_exec_mapping(vm_flags_t flags)
 }
 
 /*
- * Stack area - automatically grows in one direction
+ * Stack area (including shadow stacks)
  *
  * VM_GROWSUP / VM_GROWSDOWN VMAs are always private anonymous:
  * do_mmap() forbids all other combinations.
  */
 static inline bool is_stack_mapping(vm_flags_t flags)
 {
-	return (flags & VM_STACK) == VM_STACK;
+	return ((flags & VM_STACK) == VM_STACK) || (flags & VM_SHADOW_STACK);
 }
 
 /*