Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Jun 2023 06:27:41 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 01/42] mm: Rename arch pte_mkwrite()'s to pte_mkwrite_novma() | From | Helge Deller <> |
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On 6/13/23 02:10, Rick Edgecombe wrote: > The x86 Shadow stack 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. > > One of these unusual properties is that shadow stack memory is writable, > but only in limited ways. These limits are applied via a specific PTE > bit combination. Nevertheless, the memory is writable, and core mm code > will need to apply the writable permissions in the typical paths that > call pte_mkwrite(). Future patches will make pte_mkwrite() take a VMA, so > that the x86 implementation of it can know whether to create regular > writable memory or shadow stack memory. > > But there are a couple of challenges to this. Modifying the signatures of > each arch pte_mkwrite() implementation would be error prone because some > are generated with macros and would need to be re-implemented. Also, some > pte_mkwrite() callers operate on kernel memory without a VMA. > > So this can be done in a three step process. First pte_mkwrite() can be > renamed to pte_mkwrite_novma() in each arch, with a generic pte_mkwrite() > added that just calls pte_mkwrite_novma(). Next callers without a VMA can > be moved to pte_mkwrite_novma(). And lastly, pte_mkwrite() and all callers > can be changed to take/pass a VMA. > > Start the process by renaming pte_mkwrite() to pte_mkwrite_novma() and > adding the pte_mkwrite() wrapper in linux/pgtable.h. Apply the same > pattern for pmd_mkwrite(). Since not all archs have a pmd_mkwrite_novma(), > create a new arch config HAS_HUGE_PAGE that can be used to tell if > pmd_mkwrite() should be defined. Otherwise in the !HAS_HUGE_PAGE cases the > compiler would not be able to find pmd_mkwrite_novma(). > > No functional change. > > Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-csky@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org > Cc: loongarch@lists.linux.dev > Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org > Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> > Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org> > Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org > Cc: openrisc@lists.librecores.org > Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org > Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org > Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-um@lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org > Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linuxfoundation.org> > Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiZjSu7c9sFYZb3q04108stgHff2wfbokGCCgW7riz+8Q@mail.gmail.com/ > --- > Hi Non-x86 Arch’s, > > x86 has a feature that allows for the creation of a special type of > writable memory (shadow stack) that is only writable in limited specific > ways. Previously, changes were proposed to core MM code to teach it to > decide when to create normally writable memory or the special shadow stack > writable memory, but David Hildenbrand suggested[0] to change > pXX_mkwrite() to take a VMA, so awareness of shadow stack memory can be > moved into x86 code. Later Linus suggested a less error-prone way[1] to go > about this after the first attempt had a bug. > > Since pXX_mkwrite() is defined in every arch, it requires some tree-wide > changes. So that is why you are seeing some patches out of a big x86 > series pop up in your arch mailing list. There is no functional change. > After this refactor, the shadow stack series goes on to use the arch > helpers to push arch memory details inside arch/x86 and other arch's > with upcoming shadow stack features. > > Testing was just 0-day build testing. > > Hopefully that is enough context. Thanks! > > [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0e29a2d0-08d8-bcd6-ff26-4bea0e4037b0@redhat.com/ > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiZjSu7c9sFYZb3q04108stgHff2wfbokGCCgW7riz+8Q@mail.gmail.com/ > --- > arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 +-
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> # parisc
Helge
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