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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1] sparc/mm: don't unconditionally set HW writable bit when setting PTE dirty on 64bit
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Ping. We are seeing more issues [1] with that handling that require 
workarounds.

@Andrew, if David is unavailable for sparc64 activity, can we route this
through your tree?

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230216153059.256739-1-peterx@redhat.com


On 12.12.22 14:02, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On sparc64, there is no HW modified bit, therefore, SW tracks via a SW
> bit if the PTE is dirty via pte_mkdirty(). However, pte_mkdirty()
> currently also unconditionally sets the HW writable bit, which is wrong.
>
> pte_mkdirty() is not supposed to make a PTE actually writable, unless the
> SW writable bit (pte_write()) indicates that the PTE is not
> write-protected. Fortunately, sparc64 also defines a SW writable bit.
>
> For example, this already turned into a problem in the context of
> THP splitting as documented in commit 624a2c94f5b7 ("Partly revert "mm/thp:
> carry over dirty bit when thp splits on pmd") and might be an issue during
> page migration in mm/migrate.c:remove_migration_pte() as well where we:
> if (folio_test_dirty(folio) && is_migration_entry_dirty(entry))
> pte = pte_mkdirty(pte);
>
> But more general, anything like:
> maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma)
> code is broken on sparc64, because it will unconditionally set the HW
> writable bit even if the SW writable bit is not set.
>
> Simple reproducer that will result in a writable PTE after ptrace
> access, to highlight the problem and as an easy way to verify if it has
> been fixed:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <signal.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <errno.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <sys/mman.h>
>
> static void signal_handler(int sig)
> {
> if (sig == SIGSEGV)
> printf("[PASS] SIGSEGV generated\n");
> else
> printf("[FAIL] wrong signal generated\n");
> exit(0);
> }
>
> int main(void)
> {
> size_t pagesize = getpagesize();
> char data = 1;
> off_t offs;
> int mem_fd;
> char *map;
> int ret;
>
> mem_fd = open("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR);
> if (mem_fd < 0) {
> fprintf(stderr, "open(/proc/self/mem) failed: %d\n", errno);
> return 1;
> }
>
> map = mmap(NULL, pagesize, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON, -1 ,0);
> if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
> fprintf(stderr, "mmap() failed: %d\n", errno);
> return 1;
> }
>
> printf("original: %x\n", *map);
>
> /* debug access */
> offs = lseek(mem_fd, (uintptr_t) map, SEEK_SET);
> ret = write(mem_fd, &data, 1);
> if (ret != 1) {
> fprintf(stderr, "pwrite(/proc/self/mem) failed with %d: %d\n", ret, errno);
> return 1;
> }
> if (*map != data) {
> fprintf(stderr, "pwrite(/proc/self/mem) not visible\n");
> return 1;
> }
>
> printf("ptrace: %x\n", *map);
>
> /* Install signal handler. */
> if (signal(SIGSEGV, signal_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
> fprintf(stderr, "signal() failed\n");
> return 1;
> }
>
> /* Ordinary access. */
> *map = 2;
>
> printf("access: %x\n", *map);
>
> printf("[FAIL] SIGSEGV not generated\n");
>
> return 0;
> }
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Without this commit (sun4u in QEMU):
> # ./reproducer
> original: 0
> ptrace: 1
> access: 2
> [FAIL] SIGSEGV not generated
>
> Let's fix this by setting the HW writable bit only if both, the SW dirty
> bit and the SW writable bit are set. This matches, for example, how
> s390x handles pte_mkwrite() and pte_mkdirty() -- except, that they have
> to clear the _PAGE_PROTECT bit.
>
> We have to move pte_dirty() and pte_dirty() up. The code patching
> mechanism and handling constants > 22bit is a bit special on sparc64.
>
> With this commit (sun4u in QEMU):
> # ./reproducer
> original: 0
> ptrace: 1
> [PASS] SIGSEGV generated
>
> This handling seems to have been in place forever.
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> Cc: Hev <r@hev.cc>
> Cc: Anatoly Pugachev <matorola@gmail.com>
> Cc: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@amd.com>
> Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@leemhuis.info>
> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> ---
>
> Only tested under QEMU with sun4u, as I cannot seem to get sun4v running
> in QEMU. Survives a simple debian 10 boot.
>
> This also tackles what's documented in:
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221125185857.3110155-1-peterx@redhat.com
> and once loongarch also has been fixed, we might be able to remove all
> that special-casing.
>
> ---
> arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 117 ++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
> index 3bc9736bddb1..7f2e57747563 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
> +++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
> @@ -354,6 +354,42 @@ static inline pgprot_t pgprot_noncached(pgprot_t prot)
> */
> #define pgprot_noncached pgprot_noncached
>
> +static inline unsigned long pte_dirty(pte_t pte)
> +{
> + unsigned long mask;
> +
> + __asm__ __volatile__(
> + "\n661: mov %1, %0\n"
> + " nop\n"
> + " .section .sun4v_2insn_patch, \"ax\"\n"
> + " .word 661b\n"
> + " sethi %%uhi(%2), %0\n"
> + " sllx %0, 32, %0\n"
> + " .previous\n"
> + : "=r" (mask)
> + : "i" (_PAGE_MODIFIED_4U), "i" (_PAGE_MODIFIED_4V));
> +
> + return (pte_val(pte) & mask);
> +}
> +
> +static inline unsigned long pte_write(pte_t pte)
> +{
> + unsigned long mask;
> +
> + __asm__ __volatile__(
> + "\n661: mov %1, %0\n"
> + " nop\n"
> + " .section .sun4v_2insn_patch, \"ax\"\n"
> + " .word 661b\n"
> + " sethi %%uhi(%2), %0\n"
> + " sllx %0, 32, %0\n"
> + " .previous\n"
> + : "=r" (mask)
> + : "i" (_PAGE_WRITE_4U), "i" (_PAGE_WRITE_4V));
> +
> + return (pte_val(pte) & mask);
> +}
> +
> #if defined(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE) || defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)
> pte_t arch_make_huge_pte(pte_t entry, unsigned int shift, vm_flags_t flags);
> #define arch_make_huge_pte arch_make_huge_pte
> @@ -415,28 +451,44 @@ static inline bool is_hugetlb_pte(pte_t pte)
> }
> #endif
>
> -static inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte)
> +static inline pte_t __pte_mkhwwrite(pte_t pte)
> {
> - unsigned long val = pte_val(pte), tmp;
> + unsigned long val = pte_val(pte);
>
> + /*
> + * Note: we only want to set the HW writable bit if the SW writable bit
> + * and the SW dirty bit are set.
> + */
> __asm__ __volatile__(
> - "\n661: or %0, %3, %0\n"
> + "\n661: or %0, %2, %0\n"
> " nop\n"
> - "\n662: nop\n"
> + " .section .sun4v_1insn_patch, \"ax\"\n"
> + " .word 661b\n"
> + " or %0, %3, %0\n"
> + " .previous\n"
> + : "=r" (val)
> + : "0" (val), "i" (_PAGE_W_4U), "i" (_PAGE_W_4V));
> +
> + return __pte(val);
> +}
> +
> +static inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte)
> +{
> + unsigned long val = pte_val(pte), mask;
> +
> + __asm__ __volatile__(
> + "\n661: mov %1, %0\n"
> " nop\n"
> " .section .sun4v_2insn_patch, \"ax\"\n"
> " .word 661b\n"
> - " sethi %%uhi(%4), %1\n"
> - " sllx %1, 32, %1\n"
> - " .word 662b\n"
> - " or %1, %%lo(%4), %1\n"
> - " or %0, %1, %0\n"
> + " sethi %%uhi(%2), %0\n"
> + " sllx %0, 32, %0\n"
> " .previous\n"
> - : "=r" (val), "=r" (tmp)
> - : "0" (val), "i" (_PAGE_MODIFIED_4U | _PAGE_W_4U),
> - "i" (_PAGE_MODIFIED_4V | _PAGE_W_4V));
> + : "=r" (mask)
> + : "i" (_PAGE_MODIFIED_4U), "i" (_PAGE_MODIFIED_4V));
>
> - return __pte(val);
> + pte = __pte(val | mask);
> + return pte_write(pte) ? __pte_mkhwwrite(pte) : pte;
> }
>
> static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)
> @@ -478,7 +530,8 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)
> : "=r" (mask)
> : "i" (_PAGE_WRITE_4U), "i" (_PAGE_WRITE_4V));
>
> - return __pte(val | mask);
> + pte = __pte(val | mask);
> + return pte_dirty(pte) ? __pte_mkhwwrite(pte) : pte;
> }
>
> static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)
> @@ -581,42 +634,6 @@ static inline unsigned long pte_young(pte_t pte)
> return (pte_val(pte) & mask);
> }
>
> -static inline unsigned long pte_dirty(pte_t pte)
> -{
> - unsigned long mask;
> -
> - __asm__ __volatile__(
> - "\n661: mov %1, %0\n"
> - " nop\n"
> - " .section .sun4v_2insn_patch, \"ax\"\n"
> - " .word 661b\n"
> - " sethi %%uhi(%2), %0\n"
> - " sllx %0, 32, %0\n"
> - " .previous\n"
> - : "=r" (mask)
> - : "i" (_PAGE_MODIFIED_4U), "i" (_PAGE_MODIFIED_4V));
> -
> - return (pte_val(pte) & mask);
> -}
> -
> -static inline unsigned long pte_write(pte_t pte)
> -{
> - unsigned long mask;
> -
> - __asm__ __volatile__(
> - "\n661: mov %1, %0\n"
> - " nop\n"
> - " .section .sun4v_2insn_patch, \"ax\"\n"
> - " .word 661b\n"
> - " sethi %%uhi(%2), %0\n"
> - " sllx %0, 32, %0\n"
> - " .previous\n"
> - : "=r" (mask)
> - : "i" (_PAGE_WRITE_4U), "i" (_PAGE_WRITE_4V));
> -
> - return (pte_val(pte) & mask);
> -}
> -
> static inline unsigned long pte_exec(pte_t pte)
> {
> unsigned long mask;
>
> base-commit: 830b3c68c1fb1e9176028d02ef86f3cf76aa2476

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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