[RFC 5/6] x86,vdso: Use .fault instead of remap_pfn_range for the vvar mapping

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Wed Oct 29 2014 - 20:42:45 EST


This is IMO much less ugly, and it also opens the door to
disallowing unprivileged userspace HPET access on systems with
usable TSCs.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/vdso/vma.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
index 7f99c2ed1a3e..5cde3b82d1e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
@@ -121,16 +121,54 @@ static void vvar_start_set(struct vm_special_mapping *sm,

}

+static int vvar_fault(struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+ const struct vdso_image *image = vma->vm_mm->context.vdso_image;
+ long sym_offset;
+ int ret = -EFAULT;
+
+ if (!image)
+ return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+ sym_offset = (long)(vmf->pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) +
+ image->sym_vvar_start;
+
+ /*
+ * Sanity check: a symbol offset of zero means that the page
+ * does not exist for this vdso image, not that the page is at
+ * offset zero relative to the text mapping. This should be
+ * impossible here, because sym_offset should only be zero for
+ * the page past the end of the vvar mapping.
+ */
+ if (sym_offset == 0)
+ return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+ if (sym_offset == image->sym_vvar_page)
+ ret = vm_insert_pfn(vma, (unsigned long)vmf->virtual_address,
+ __pa_symbol(&__vvar_page) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
+ else if (hpet_address && sym_offset == image->sym_hpet_page)
+ ret = vm_insert_pfn_prot(vma,
+ (unsigned long)vmf->virtual_address,
+ hpet_address >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+ pgprot_noncached(PAGE_READONLY));
+#endif
+
+ if (ret == 0)
+ return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+
+ return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+}
+
static int map_vdso(const struct vdso_image *image, bool calculate_addr)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
unsigned long addr, text_start;
int ret = 0;
- static struct page *no_pages[] = {NULL};
static struct vm_special_mapping vvar_mapping = {
.name = "[vvar]",
- .pages = no_pages,
+ .fault = vvar_fault,

/*
* Tracking the vdso is roughly equivalent to tracking the
@@ -176,7 +214,8 @@ static int map_vdso(const struct vdso_image *image, bool calculate_addr)
vma = _install_special_mapping(mm,
addr,
-image->sym_vvar_start,
- VM_READ|VM_MAYREAD,
+ VM_READ|VM_MAYREAD|VM_IO|VM_DONTDUMP|
+ VM_PFNMAP,
&vvar_mapping);

if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
@@ -184,29 +223,6 @@ static int map_vdso(const struct vdso_image *image, bool calculate_addr)
goto up_fail;
}

- if (image->sym_vvar_page)
- ret = remap_pfn_range(vma,
- text_start + image->sym_vvar_page,
- __pa_symbol(&__vvar_page) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
- PAGE_SIZE,
- PAGE_READONLY);
-
- if (ret)
- goto up_fail;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
- if (hpet_address && image->sym_hpet_page) {
- ret = io_remap_pfn_range(vma,
- text_start + image->sym_hpet_page,
- hpet_address >> PAGE_SHIFT,
- PAGE_SIZE,
- pgprot_noncached(PAGE_READONLY));
-
- if (ret)
- goto up_fail;
- }
-#endif
-
up_fail:
if (ret)
current->mm->context.vdso_image = NULL;
--
1.9.3

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