[RFC][PATCH 6/8] x86/mm: add vsyscall address helper

[Dave Hansen]

From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

We will shortly be using this check in two locations.  Put it in
a helper before we do so.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN arch/x86/mm/fault.c~is-vsyscall-addr arch/x86/mm/fault.c
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c~is-vsyscall-addr	2018-09-07 11:21:48.208751897 -0700
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c	2018-09-07 11:21:48.211751897 -0700
@@ -841,6 +841,15 @@ show_signal_msg(struct pt_regs *regs, un
 	show_opcodes((u8 *)regs->ip, loglvl);
 }
 
+/*
+ * The (legacy) vsyscall page is the long page in the kernel portion
+ * of the address space that has user-accessible permissions.
+ */
+static bool is_vsyscall_vaddr(unsigned long vaddr)
+{
+	return (vaddr & ~0xfff) == VSYSCALL_ADDR;
+}
+
 static void
 __bad_area_nosemaphore(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 		       unsigned long address, u32 *pkey, int si_code)
@@ -870,7 +879,7 @@ __bad_area_nosemaphore(struct pt_regs *r
 		 * emulation.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely((error_code & X86_PF_INSTR) &&
-			     ((address & ~0xfff) == VSYSCALL_ADDR))) {
+			     is_vsyscall_vaddr(address))) {
 			if (emulate_vsyscall(regs, address))
 				return;
 		}
_