linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/12] mm/execmem, arch: convert remaining overrides of module

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Date:   Sat, 17 Jun 2023 09:10:15 +0300
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To:     "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/12] mm/execmem, arch: convert remaining overrides
 of module_alloc to execmem

On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 04:16:28PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-06-16 at 11:50 +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > -void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
> > -{
> > -       gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL;
> > -       void *p;
> > -
> > -       if (PAGE_ALIGN(size) > MODULES_LEN)
> > -               return NULL;
> > +static struct execmem_params execmem_params = {
> > +       .modules = {
> > +               .flags = EXECMEM_KASAN_SHADOW,
> > +               .text = {
> > +                       .alignment = MODULE_ALIGN,
> > +               },
> > +       },
> > +};
> 
> Did you consider making these execmem_params's ro_after_init? Not that
> it is security sensitive, but it's a nice hint to the reader that it is
> only modified at init. And I guess basically free sanitizing of buggy
> writes to it.

Makes sense.
 
> >  
> > -       p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, MODULE_ALIGN,
> > -                                MODULES_VADDR +
> > get_module_load_offset(),
> > -                                MODULES_END, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL,
> > -                                VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS |
> > VM_DEFER_KMEMLEAK,
> > -                                NUMA_NO_NODE,
> > __builtin_return_address(0));
> > +struct execmem_params __init *execmem_arch_params(void)
> > +{
> > +       unsigned long start = MODULES_VADDR +
> > get_module_load_offset();
> 
> I think we can drop the mutex's in get_module_load_offset() now, since
> execmem_arch_params() should only be called once at init.

Right. Even more, the entire get_module_load_offset() can be folded into
execmem_arch_params() as 

	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE) && kaslr_enabled())
		module_load_offset =
			get_random_u32_inclusive(1, 1024) * PAGE_SIZE;

> >  
> > -       if (p && (kasan_alloc_module_shadow(p, size, gfp_mask) < 0))
> > {
> > -               vfree(p);
> > -               return NULL;
> > -       }
> > +       execmem_params.modules.text.start = start;
> > +       execmem_params.modules.text.end = MODULES_END;
> > +       execmem_params.modules.text.pgprot = PAGE_KERNEL;
> >  
> > -       return p;
> > +       return &execmem_params;
> >  }
> >  
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.