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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: cma: honor __GFP_ZERO flag in cma_alloc()
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:58:37AM +0200, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> cma_alloc() function has gfp mask parameter, so users expect that it
> honors typical memory allocation related flags. The most imporant from
> the security point of view is handling of __GFP_ZERO flag, because memory
> allocated by this function usually can be directly remapped to userspace
> by device drivers as a part of multimedia processing and ignoring this
> flag might lead to leaking some kernel structures to userspace.
> Some callers of this function (for example arm64 dma-iommu glue code)
> already assumed that the allocated buffers are cleared when this flag
> is set. To avoid such issues, add simple code for clearing newly
> allocated buffer when __GFP_ZERO flag is set. Callers will be then
> updated to skip implicit clearing or adjust passed gfp flags.

I think the documentation for this function needs improving. For example,
GFP_ATOMIC does not work (it takes a mutex lock, so it can sleep).
At the very least, the kernel-doc needs:

* Context: Process context (may sleep even if GFP flags indicate otherwise).

Unless someone wants to rework this allocator to use spinlocks instead
of mutexes ...

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