Re: [PATCH 4/6] Protectable Memory

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Sun Feb 11 2018 - 07:38:14 EST


On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 05:19:18AM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote:
> The MMU available in many systems running Linux can often provide R/O
> protection to the memory pages it handles.
>
> However, the MMU-based protection works efficiently only when said pages
> contain exclusively data that will not need further modifications.
>
> Statically allocated variables can be segregated into a dedicated
> section, but this does not sit very well with dynamically allocated
> ones.
>
> Dynamic allocation does not provide, currently, any means for grouping
> variables in memory pages that would contain exclusively data suitable
> for conversion to read only access mode.
>
> The allocator here provided (pmalloc - protectable memory allocator)
> introduces the concept of pools of protectable memory.
>
> A module can request a pool and then refer any allocation request to the
> pool handler it has received.
>
> Once all the chunks of memory associated to a specific pool are
> initialized, the pool can be protected.
>
> After this point, the pool can only be destroyed (it is up to the module
> to avoid any further references to the memory from the pool, after
> the destruction is invoked).
>
> The latter case is mainly meant for releasing memory, when a module is
> unloaded.
>
> A module can have as many pools as needed, for example to support the
> protection of data that is initialized in sufficiently distinct phases.
>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/genalloc.h | 3 +
> include/linux/pmalloc.h | 222 +++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/vmalloc.h | 1 +
> lib/genalloc.c | 27 +++
> mm/Kconfig | 6 +
> mm/Makefile | 1 +
> mm/pmalloc.c | 497 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/usercopy.c | 33 ++++
> 8 files changed, 790 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/pmalloc.h
> create mode 100644 mm/pmalloc.c
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/genalloc.h b/include/linux/genalloc.h
> index dcaa33e74b1c..b6c4cea9fbd8 100644
> --- a/include/linux/genalloc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/genalloc.h
> @@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ extern unsigned long gen_pool_alloc_algo(struct gen_pool *, size_t,
> extern void *gen_pool_dma_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size,
> dma_addr_t *dma);
> extern void gen_pool_free(struct gen_pool *, unsigned long, size_t);
> +
> +extern void gen_pool_flush_chunk(struct gen_pool *pool,
> + struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk);
> extern void gen_pool_for_each_chunk(struct gen_pool *,
> void (*)(struct gen_pool *, struct gen_pool_chunk *, void *), void *);
> extern size_t gen_pool_avail(struct gen_pool *);
> diff --git a/include/linux/pmalloc.h b/include/linux/pmalloc.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..624379a937c5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/pmalloc.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> + *
> + * pmalloc.h: Header for Protectable Memory Allocator
> + *
> + * (C) Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
> + * Author: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef _LINUX_PMALLOC_H
> +#define _LINUX_PMALLOC_H
> +
> +
> +#include <linux/genalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> +
> +#define PMALLOC_DEFAULT_ALLOC_ORDER (-1)
> +
> +/*
> + * Library for dynamic allocation of pools of memory that can be,
> + * after initialization, marked as read-only.
> + *
> + * This is intended to complement __read_only_after_init, for those cases
> + * where either it is not possible to know the initialization value before
> + * init is completed, or the amount of data is variable and can be
> + * determined only at run-time.
> + *
> + * ***WARNING***
> + * The user of the API is expected to synchronize:
> + * 1) allocation,
> + * 2) writes to the allocated memory,
> + * 3) write protection of the pool,
> + * 4) freeing of the allocated memory, and
> + * 5) destruction of the pool.
> + *
> + * For a non-threaded scenario, this type of locking is not even required.
> + *
> + * Even if the library were to provide support for locking, point 2)
> + * would still depend on the user taking the lock.
> + */
> +
> +
> +/**
> + * pmalloc_create_pool - create a new protectable memory pool
> + * @name: the name of the pool, enforced to be unique
> + * @min_alloc_order: log2 of the minimum allocation size obtainable
> + * from the pool
> + *
> + * Creates a new (empty) memory pool for allocation of protectable
> + * memory. Memory will be allocated upon request (through pmalloc).
> + *
> + * Return: pointer to the new pool upon success, otherwise a NULL.
> + */
> +struct gen_pool *pmalloc_create_pool(const char *name,
> + int min_alloc_order);
> +
> +/**
> + * is_pmalloc_object - validates the existence of an alleged object
> + * @ptr: address of the object
> + * @n: size of the object, in bytes
> + *
> + * Return: 0 if the object does not belong to pmalloc, 1 if it belongs to
> + * pmalloc, -1 if it partially overlaps pmalloc meory, but incorectly.

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> + */
> +int is_pmalloc_object(const void *ptr, const unsigned long n);
> +
> +/**
> + * pmalloc_prealloc - tries to allocate a memory chunk of the requested size
> + * @pool: handle to the pool to be used for memory allocation
> + * @size: amount of memory (in bytes) requested
> + *
> + * Prepares a chunk of the requested size.
> + * This is intended to both minimize latency in later memory requests and
> + * avoid sleeping during allocation.
> + * Memory allocated with prealloc is stored in one single chunk, as
> + * opposed to what is allocated on-demand when pmalloc runs out of free
> + * space already existing in the pool and has to invoke vmalloc.
> + * One additional advantage of pre-allocating larger chunks of memory is
> + * that the total slack tends to be smaller.
> + *
> + * Return: true if the vmalloc call was successful, false otherwise.
> + */
> +bool pmalloc_prealloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size);
> +
> +/**
> + * pmalloc - allocate protectable memory from a pool
> + * @pool: handle to the pool to be used for memory allocation
> + * @size: amount of memory (in bytes) requested
> + * @gfp: flags for page allocation
> + *
> + * Allocates memory from an unprotected pool. If the pool doesn't have
> + * enough memory, and the request did not include GFP_ATOMIC, an attempt
> + * is made to add a new chunk of memory to the pool
> + * (a multiple of PAGE_SIZE), in order to fit the new request.
> + * Otherwise, NULL is returned.
> + *
> + * Return: pointer to the memory requested upon success, NULL otherwise
> + * (either no memory available or pool already read-only).
> + */
> +void *pmalloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t gfp);
> +
> +
> +/**
> + * pzalloc - zero-initialized version of pmalloc
> + * @pool: handle to the pool to be used for memory allocation
> + * @size: amount of memory (in bytes) requested
> + * @gfp: flags for page allocation
> + *
> + * Executes pmalloc, initializing the memory requested to 0,
> + * before returning the pointer to it.
> + *
> + * Return: pointer to the zeroed memory requested, upon success, NULL
> + * otherwise (either no memory available or pool already read-only).
> + */
> +static inline void *pzalloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> + return pmalloc(pool, size, gfp | __GFP_ZERO);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * pmalloc_array - allocates an array according to the parameters
> + * @pool: handle to the pool to be used for memory allocation
> + * @n: number of elements in the array
> + * @size: amount of memory (in bytes) requested for each element
> + * @flags: flags for page allocation
> + *
> + * Executes pmalloc, if it has a chance to succeed.
> + *
> + * Return: either NULL or the pmalloc result.
> + */
> +static inline void *pmalloc_array(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t n,
> + size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> +{
> + if (unlikely(!(pool && n && size)))
> + return NULL;
> + return pmalloc(pool, n * size, flags);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * pcalloc - allocates a 0-initialized array according to the parameters
> + * @pool: handle to the pool to be used for memory allocation
> + * @n: number of elements in the array
> + * @size: amount of memory (in bytes) requested
> + * @flags: flags for page allocation
> + *
> + * Executes pmalloc_array, if it has a chance to succeed.
> + *
> + * Return: either NULL or the pmalloc result.
> + */
> +static inline void *pcalloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t n,
> + size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> +{
> + return pmalloc_array(pool, n, size, flags | __GFP_ZERO);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * pstrdup - duplicate a string, using pmalloc as allocator
> + * @pool: handle to the pool to be used for memory allocation
> + * @s: string to duplicate
> + * @gfp: flags for page allocation
> + *
> + * Generates a copy of the given string, allocating sufficient memory
> + * from the given pmalloc pool.
> + *
> + * Return: pointer to the replica, NULL in case of error.
> + */
> +static inline char *pstrdup(struct gen_pool *pool, const char *s, gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> + size_t len;
> + char *buf;
> +
> + if (unlikely(pool == NULL || s == NULL))
> + return NULL;
> +
> + len = strlen(s) + 1;
> + buf = pmalloc(pool, len, gfp);
> + if (likely(buf))
> + strncpy(buf, s, len);
> + return buf;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * pmalloc_protect_pool - turn a read/write pool read-only
> + * @pool: the pool to protect
> + *
> + * Write-protects all the memory chunks assigned to the pool.
> + * This prevents any further allocation.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 upon success, -EINVAL in abnormal cases.
> + */
> +int pmalloc_protect_pool(struct gen_pool *pool);
> +
> +/**
> + * pfree - mark as unused memory that was previously in use
> + * @pool: handle to the pool to be used for memory allocation
> + * @addr: the beginning of the memory area to be freed
> + *
> + * The behavior of pfree is different, depending on the state of the
> + * protection.
> + * If the pool is not yet protected, the memory is marked as unused and
> + * will be available for further allocations.
> + * If the pool is already protected, the memory is marked as unused, but
> + * it will still be impossible to perform further allocation, because of
> + * the existing protection.
> + * The freed memory, in this case, will be truly released only when the
> + * pool is destroyed.
> + */
> +static inline void pfree(struct gen_pool *pool, const void *addr)
> +{
> + gen_pool_free(pool, (unsigned long)addr, 0);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * pmalloc_destroy_pool - destroys a pool and all the associated memory
> + * @pool: the pool to destroy
> + *
> + * All the memory that was allocated through pmalloc in the pool will be freed.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 upon success, -EINVAL in abnormal cases.
> + */
> +int pmalloc_destroy_pool(struct gen_pool *pool);
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> index 1e5d8c392f15..116d280cca53 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct notifier_block; /* in notifier.h */
> #define VM_UNINITIALIZED 0x00000020 /* vm_struct is not fully initialized */
> #define VM_NO_GUARD 0x00000040 /* don't add guard page */
> #define VM_KASAN 0x00000080 /* has allocated kasan shadow memory */
> +#define VM_PMALLOC 0x00000100 /* pmalloc area - see docs */
> /* bits [20..32] reserved for arch specific ioremap internals */
>
> /*
> diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
> index 044347163acb..e40a5db89439 100644
> --- a/lib/genalloc.c
> +++ b/lib/genalloc.c
> @@ -598,6 +598,33 @@ void gen_pool_free(struct gen_pool *pool, unsigned long addr, size_t size)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_free);
>
> +
> +/**
> + * gen_pool_flush_chunk - drops all the allocations from a specific chunk
> + * @pool: the generic memory pool
> + * @chunk: The chunk to wipe clear.
> + *
> + * This is meant to be called only while destroying a pool. It's up to the
> + * caller to avoid races, but really, at this point the pool should have
> + * already been retired and have become unavailable for any other sort of
> + * operation.
> + */
> +void gen_pool_flush_chunk(struct gen_pool *pool,
> + struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk)
> +{
> + size_t size;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!(pool && chunk)))
> + return;
> +
> + size = chunk->end_addr + 1 - chunk->start_addr;
> + memset(chunk->entries, 0,
> + DIV_ROUND_UP(size >> pool->min_alloc_order * BITS_PER_ENTRY,
> + BITS_PER_BYTE));
> + atomic_long_set(&chunk->avail, size);
> +}
> +
> +
> /**
> * gen_pool_for_each_chunk - call func for every chunk of generic memory pool
> * @pool: the generic memory pool
> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> index c782e8fb7235..be578fbdce6d 100644
> --- a/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -760,3 +760,9 @@ config GUP_BENCHMARK
> performance of get_user_pages_fast().
>
> See tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_benchmark.c
> +
> +config PROTECTABLE_MEMORY
> + bool
> + depends on ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
> + select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
> + default y
> diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
> index e669f02c5a54..959fdbdac118 100644
> --- a/mm/Makefile
> +++ b/mm/Makefile
> @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) += sparse.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP) += sparse-vmemmap.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SLOB) += slob.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER) += mmu_notifier.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PROTECTABLE_MEMORY) += pmalloc.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_KSM) += ksm.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING) += page_poison.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SLAB) += slab.o
> diff --git a/mm/pmalloc.c b/mm/pmalloc.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e94bfb407c92
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/mm/pmalloc.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,497 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> + *
> + * pmalloc.c: Protectable Memory Allocator
> + *
> + * (C) Copyright 2017 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
> + * Author: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/printk.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/mm.h>
> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/genalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/log2.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/atomic.h>
> +#include <linux/rculist.h>
> +#include <linux/set_memory.h>
> +#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> +#include <asm/page.h>
> +
> +#include <linux/pmalloc.h>
> +/*
> + * pmalloc_data contains the data specific to a pmalloc pool,
> + * in a format compatible with the design of gen_alloc.
> + * Some of the fields are used for exposing the corresponding parameter
> + * to userspace, through sysfs.
> + */
> +struct pmalloc_data {
> + struct gen_pool *pool; /* Link back to the associated pool. */
> + bool protected; /* Status of the pool: RO or RW. */
> + struct kobj_attribute attr_protected; /* Sysfs attribute. */
> + struct kobj_attribute attr_avail; /* Sysfs attribute. */
> + struct kobj_attribute attr_size; /* Sysfs attribute. */
> + struct kobj_attribute attr_chunks; /* Sysfs attribute. */
> + struct kobject *pool_kobject;
> + struct list_head node; /* list of pools */
> +};
> +
> +static LIST_HEAD(pmalloc_final_list);
> +static LIST_HEAD(pmalloc_tmp_list);
> +static struct list_head *pmalloc_list = &pmalloc_tmp_list;
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmalloc_mutex);
> +static struct kobject *pmalloc_kobject;
> +
> +static ssize_t pmalloc_pool_show_protected(struct kobject *dev,
> + struct kobj_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
> + struct pmalloc_data *data;
> +
> + data = container_of(attr, struct pmalloc_data, attr_protected);
> + if (data->protected)
> + return sprintf(buf, "protected\n");
> + else
> + return sprintf(buf, "unprotected\n");
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t pmalloc_pool_show_avail(struct kobject *dev,
> + struct kobj_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
> + struct pmalloc_data *data;
> +
> + data = container_of(attr, struct pmalloc_data, attr_avail);
> + return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n",
> + (unsigned long)gen_pool_avail(data->pool));
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t pmalloc_pool_show_size(struct kobject *dev,
> + struct kobj_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
> + struct pmalloc_data *data;
> +
> + data = container_of(attr, struct pmalloc_data, attr_size);
> + return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n",
> + (unsigned long)gen_pool_size(data->pool));
> +}
> +
> +static void pool_chunk_number(struct gen_pool *pool,
> + struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk, void *data)
> +{
> + unsigned long *counter = data;
> +
> + (*counter)++;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t pmalloc_pool_show_chunks(struct kobject *dev,
> + struct kobj_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
> + struct pmalloc_data *data;
> + unsigned long chunks_num = 0;
> +
> + data = container_of(attr, struct pmalloc_data, attr_chunks);
> + gen_pool_for_each_chunk(data->pool, pool_chunk_number, &chunks_num);
> + return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", chunks_num);
> +}
> +
> +/* Exposes the pool and its attributes through sysfs. */
> +static struct kobject *pmalloc_connect(struct pmalloc_data *data)
> +{
> + const struct attribute *attrs[] = {
> + &data->attr_protected.attr,
> + &data->attr_avail.attr,
> + &data->attr_size.attr,
> + &data->attr_chunks.attr,
> + NULL
> + };
> + struct kobject *kobj;
> +
> + kobj = kobject_create_and_add(data->pool->name, pmalloc_kobject);
> + if (unlikely(!kobj))
> + return NULL;
> +
> + if (unlikely(sysfs_create_files(kobj, attrs) < 0)) {
> + kobject_put(kobj);
> + kobj = NULL;
> + }
> + return kobj;
> +}
> +
> +/* Removes the pool and its attributes from sysfs. */
> +static void pmalloc_disconnect(struct pmalloc_data *data,
> + struct kobject *kobj)
> +{
> + const struct attribute *attrs[] = {
> + &data->attr_protected.attr,
> + &data->attr_avail.attr,
> + &data->attr_size.attr,
> + &data->attr_chunks.attr,
> + NULL
> + };
> +
> + sysfs_remove_files(kobj, attrs);
> + kobject_put(kobj);
> +}
> +
> +/* Declares an attribute of the pool. */
> +#define pmalloc_attr_init(data, attr_name) \
> +do { \
> + sysfs_attr_init(&data->attr_##attr_name.attr); \
> + data->attr_##attr_name.attr.name = #attr_name; \
> + data->attr_##attr_name.attr.mode = VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(0400); \
> + data->attr_##attr_name.show = pmalloc_pool_show_##attr_name; \
> +} while (0)
> +
> +struct gen_pool *pmalloc_create_pool(const char *name, int min_alloc_order)
> +{
> + struct gen_pool *pool;
> + const char *pool_name;
> + struct pmalloc_data *data;
> +
> + if (!name) {
> + WARN_ON(1);
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + if (min_alloc_order < 0)
> + min_alloc_order = ilog2(sizeof(unsigned long));
> +
> + pool = gen_pool_create(min_alloc_order, NUMA_NO_NODE);
> + if (unlikely(!pool))
> + return NULL;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&pmalloc_mutex);
> + list_for_each_entry(data, pmalloc_list, node)
> + if (!strcmp(name, data->pool->name))
> + goto same_name_err;
> +
> + pool_name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (unlikely(!pool_name))
> + goto name_alloc_err;
> +
> + data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pmalloc_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (unlikely(!data))
> + goto data_alloc_err;
> +
> + data->protected = false;
> + data->pool = pool;
> + pmalloc_attr_init(data, protected);
> + pmalloc_attr_init(data, avail);
> + pmalloc_attr_init(data, size);
> + pmalloc_attr_init(data, chunks);
> + pool->data = data;
> + pool->name = pool_name;
> +
> + list_add(&data->node, pmalloc_list);
> + if (pmalloc_list == &pmalloc_final_list)
> + data->pool_kobject = pmalloc_connect(data);
> + mutex_unlock(&pmalloc_mutex);
> + return pool;
> +
> +data_alloc_err:
> + kfree(pool_name);
> +name_alloc_err:
> +same_name_err:
> + mutex_unlock(&pmalloc_mutex);
> + gen_pool_destroy(pool);
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int check_alloc_params(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t req_size)
> +{
> + struct pmalloc_data *data;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!req_size || !pool))
> + return -1;
> +
> + data = pool->data;
> +
> + if (data == NULL)
> + return -1;
> +
> + if (unlikely(data->protected)) {
> + WARN_ON(1);
> + return -1;
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +
> +static inline bool chunk_tagging(void *chunk, bool tag)
> +{
> + struct vm_struct *area;
> + struct page *page;
> +
> + if (!is_vmalloc_addr(chunk))
> + return false;
> +
> + page = vmalloc_to_page(chunk);
> + if (unlikely(!page))
> + return false;
> +
> + area = page->area;
> + if (tag)
> + area->flags |= VM_PMALLOC;
> + else
> + area->flags &= ~VM_PMALLOC;
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +
> +static inline bool tag_chunk(void *chunk)
> +{
> + return chunk_tagging(chunk, true);
> +}
> +
> +
> +static inline bool untag_chunk(void *chunk)
> +{
> + return chunk_tagging(chunk, false);
> +}
> +
> +enum {
> + INVALID_PMALLOC_OBJECT = -1,
> + NOT_PMALLOC_OBJECT = 0,
> + VALID_PMALLOC_OBJECT = 1,
> +};
> +
> +int is_pmalloc_object(const void *ptr, const unsigned long n)
> +{
> + struct vm_struct *area;
> + struct page *page;
> + unsigned long area_start;
> + unsigned long area_end;
> + unsigned long object_start;
> + unsigned long object_end;
> +
> +
> + /* is_pmalloc_object gets called pretty late, so chances are high
> + * that the object is indeed of vmalloc type
> + */
> + if (unlikely(!is_vmalloc_addr(ptr)))
> + return NOT_PMALLOC_OBJECT;
> +
> + page = vmalloc_to_page(ptr);
> + if (unlikely(!page))
> + return NOT_PMALLOC_OBJECT;
> +
> + area = page->area;
> +
> + if (likely(!(area->flags & VM_PMALLOC)))
> + return NOT_PMALLOC_OBJECT;
> +
> + area_start = (unsigned long)area->addr;
> + area_end = area_start + area->nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE - 1;
> + object_start = (unsigned long)ptr;
> + object_end = object_start + n - 1;
> +
> + if (likely((area_start <= object_start) &&
> + (object_end <= area_end)))
> + return VALID_PMALLOC_OBJECT;
> + else
> + return INVALID_PMALLOC_OBJECT;
> +}
> +
> +
> +bool pmalloc_prealloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size)
> +{
> + void *chunk;
> + size_t chunk_size;
> + bool add_error;
> +
> + if (check_alloc_params(pool, size))
> + return false;
> +
> + /* Expand pool */
> + chunk_size = roundup(size, PAGE_SIZE);
> + chunk = vmalloc(chunk_size);
> + if (unlikely(chunk == NULL))
> + return false;
> +
> + /* Locking is already done inside gen_pool_add */
> + add_error = gen_pool_add(pool, (unsigned long)chunk, chunk_size,
> + NUMA_NO_NODE);
> + if (unlikely(add_error != 0))
> + goto abort;
> +
> + return true;
> +abort:
> + vfree_atomic(chunk);
> + return false;
> +
> +}
> +
> +void *pmalloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> + void *chunk;
> + size_t chunk_size;
> + bool add_error;
> + unsigned long retval;
> +
> + if (check_alloc_params(pool, size))
> + return NULL;
> +
> +retry_alloc_from_pool:
> + retval = gen_pool_alloc(pool, size);
> + if (retval)
> + goto return_allocation;
> +
> + if (unlikely((gfp & __GFP_ATOMIC))) {
> + if (unlikely((gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL)))
> + goto retry_alloc_from_pool;
> + else
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + /* Expand pool */
> + chunk_size = roundup(size, PAGE_SIZE);
> + chunk = vmalloc(chunk_size);
> + if (unlikely(!chunk)) {
> + if (unlikely((gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL)))
> + goto retry_alloc_from_pool;
> + else
> + return NULL;
> + }
> + if (unlikely(!tag_chunk(chunk)))
> + goto free;
> +
> + /* Locking is already done inside gen_pool_add */
> + add_error = gen_pool_add(pool, (unsigned long)chunk, chunk_size,
> + NUMA_NO_NODE);
> + if (unlikely(add_error))
> + goto abort;
> +
> + retval = gen_pool_alloc(pool, size);
> + if (retval) {
> +return_allocation:
> + *(size_t *)retval = size;
> + if (gfp & __GFP_ZERO)
> + memset((void *)retval, 0, size);
> + return (void *)retval;
> + }
> + /* Here there is no test for __GFP_NO_FAIL because, in case of
> + * concurrent allocation, one thread might add a chunk to the
> + * pool and this memory could be allocated by another thread,
> + * before the first thread gets a chance to use it.
> + * As long as vmalloc succeeds, it's ok to retry.
> + */
> + goto retry_alloc_from_pool;
> +abort:
> + untag_chunk(chunk);
> +free:
> + vfree_atomic(chunk);
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static void pmalloc_chunk_set_protection(struct gen_pool *pool,
> +
> + struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk,
> + void *data)
> +{
> + const bool *flag = data;
> + size_t chunk_size = chunk->end_addr + 1 - chunk->start_addr;
> + unsigned long pages = chunk_size / PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> + BUG_ON(chunk_size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1));
> +
> + if (*flag)
> + set_memory_ro(chunk->start_addr, pages);
> + else
> + set_memory_rw(chunk->start_addr, pages);
> +}
> +
> +static int pmalloc_pool_set_protection(struct gen_pool *pool, bool protection)
> +{
> + struct pmalloc_data *data;
> + struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!pool))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + data = pool->data;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!data))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (unlikely(data->protected == protection)) {
> + WARN_ON(1);
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + data->protected = protection;
> + list_for_each_entry(chunk, &(pool)->chunks, next_chunk)
> + pmalloc_chunk_set_protection(pool, chunk, &protection);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int pmalloc_protect_pool(struct gen_pool *pool)
> +{
> + return pmalloc_pool_set_protection(pool, true);
> +}
> +
> +
> +static void pmalloc_chunk_free(struct gen_pool *pool,
> + struct gen_pool_chunk *chunk, void *data)
> +{
> + untag_chunk(chunk);
> + gen_pool_flush_chunk(pool, chunk);
> + vfree_atomic((void *)chunk->start_addr);
> +}
> +
> +
> +int pmalloc_destroy_pool(struct gen_pool *pool)
> +{
> + struct pmalloc_data *data;
> +
> + if (unlikely(pool == NULL))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + data = pool->data;
> +
> + if (unlikely(data == NULL))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&pmalloc_mutex);
> + list_del(&data->node);
> + mutex_unlock(&pmalloc_mutex);
> +
> + if (likely(data->pool_kobject))
> + pmalloc_disconnect(data, data->pool_kobject);
> +
> + pmalloc_pool_set_protection(pool, false);
> + gen_pool_for_each_chunk(pool, pmalloc_chunk_free, NULL);
> + gen_pool_destroy(pool);
> + kfree(data);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * When the sysfs is ready to receive registrations, connect all the
> + * pools previously created. Also enable further pools to be connected
> + * right away.
> + */

This does not seem as kernel-doc comment. Please either remove the second *
from the opening comment mark or reformat the comment.

> +static int __init pmalloc_late_init(void)
> +{
> + struct pmalloc_data *data, *n;
> +
> + pmalloc_kobject = kobject_create_and_add("pmalloc", kernel_kobj);
> +
> + mutex_lock(&pmalloc_mutex);
> + pmalloc_list = &pmalloc_final_list;
> +
> + if (likely(pmalloc_kobject != NULL)) {
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(data, n, &pmalloc_tmp_list, node) {
> + list_move(&data->node, &pmalloc_final_list);
> + pmalloc_connect(data);
> + }
> + }
> + mutex_unlock(&pmalloc_mutex);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +late_initcall(pmalloc_late_init);
> diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c
> index e9e9325f7638..946ce051e296 100644
> --- a/mm/usercopy.c
> +++ b/mm/usercopy.c
> @@ -240,6 +240,36 @@ static inline void check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
> }
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PROTECTABLE_MEMORY
> +
> +int is_pmalloc_object(const void *ptr, const unsigned long n);
> +
> +static void check_pmalloc_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
> + bool to_user)
> +{
> + int retv;
> +
> + retv = is_pmalloc_object(ptr, n);
> + if (unlikely(retv)) {
> + if (unlikely(!to_user))
> + usercopy_abort("pmalloc",
> + "trying to write to pmalloc object",
> + to_user, (const unsigned long)ptr, n);
> + if (retv < 0)
> + usercopy_abort("pmalloc",
> + "invalid pmalloc object",
> + to_user, (const unsigned long)ptr, n);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +#else
> +
> +static void check_pmalloc_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
> + bool to_user)
> +{
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> /*
> * Validates that the given object is:
> * - not bogus address
> @@ -277,5 +307,8 @@ void __check_object_size(const void *ptr, unsigned long n, bool to_user)
>
> /* Check for object in kernel to avoid text exposure. */
> check_kernel_text_object((const unsigned long)ptr, n, to_user);
> +
> + /* Check if object is from a pmalloc chunk. */
> + check_pmalloc_object(ptr, n, to_user);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__check_object_size);
> --
> 2.14.1
>
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Mike.