linux-kernel - [PATCH v13 08/13] x86/um/vdso: nommu: vdso memory update

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Message-ID: <a689fc371d0207ba83c9e0d2e9335be7095b73be.1762588860.git.thehajime@gmail.com>
Date: Sat,  8 Nov 2025 17:05:43 +0900
From: Hajime Tazaki <thehajime@...il.com>
To: linux-um@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: thehajime@...il.com,
	ricarkol@...gle.com,
	Liam.Howlett@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v13 08/13] x86/um/vdso: nommu: vdso memory update

On !MMU mode, the address of vdso is accessible from userspace.  This
commit implements the entry point by pointing a block of page address.

This commit also add memory permission configuration of vdso page to be
executable.

Signed-off-by: Hajime Tazaki <thehajime@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c
index 51a2b9f2eca9..0799b3fe7521 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/vdso/vma.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <os.h>
 
 unsigned long um_vdso_addr;
 static struct page *um_vdso;
@@ -20,18 +21,29 @@ static int __init init_vdso(void)
 {
 	BUG_ON(vdso_end - vdso_start > PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	um_vdso_addr = task_size - PAGE_SIZE;
-
 	um_vdso = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!um_vdso)
 		panic("Cannot allocate vdso\n");
 
 	copy_page(page_address(um_vdso), vdso_start);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+	um_vdso_addr = task_size - PAGE_SIZE;
+#else
+	/* this is fine with NOMMU as everything is accessible */
+	um_vdso_addr = (unsigned long)page_address(um_vdso);
+	os_protect_memory((void *)um_vdso_addr, vdso_end - vdso_start, 1, 0, 1);
+#endif
+
+	pr_info("vdso_start=%lx um_vdso_addr=%lx pg_um_vdso=%lx",
+	       (unsigned long)vdso_start, um_vdso_addr,
+	       (unsigned long)page_address(um_vdso));
+
 	return 0;
 }
 subsys_initcall(init_vdso);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
@@ -53,3 +65,4 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 
 	return IS_ERR(vma) ? PTR_ERR(vma) : 0;
 }
+#endif
-- 
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