Re: [PATCH v36 10/24] mm: Add vm_ops->mprotect()

From: Darren Kenny
Date: Thu Aug 06 2020 - 12:38:37 EST


On Thursday, 2020-07-16 at 16:52:49 +03, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add vm_ops()->mprotect() for additional constraints for a VMA.
>
> Intel Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) will use this callback to add two
> constraints:
>
> 1. Verify that the address range does not have holes: each page address
> must be filled with an enclave page.
> 2. Verify that VMA permissions won't surpass the permissions of any enclave
> page within the address range. Enclave cryptographically sealed
> permissions for each page address that set the upper limit for possible
> VMA permissions. Not respecting this can cause #GP's to be emitted.
>
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jethro Beekman <jethro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/mm.h | 3 +++
> mm/mprotect.c | 5 ++++-
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index dc7b87310c10..458e8cb99aaf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -542,6 +542,9 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
> void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
> int (*split)(struct vm_area_struct * area, unsigned long addr);
> int (*mremap)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
> + int (*mprotect)(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + struct vm_area_struct **pprev, unsigned long start,
> + unsigned long end, unsigned long newflags);
> vm_fault_t (*fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf);
> vm_fault_t (*huge_fault)(struct vm_fault *vmf,
> enum page_entry_size pe_size);
> diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
> index ce8b8a5eacbb..f170f3da8a4f 100644
> --- a/mm/mprotect.c
> +++ b/mm/mprotect.c
> @@ -610,7 +610,10 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned long start, size_t len,
> tmp = vma->vm_end;
> if (tmp > end)
> tmp = end;
> - error = mprotect_fixup(vma, &prev, nstart, tmp, newflags);
> + if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->mprotect)
> + error = vma->vm_ops->mprotect(vma, &prev, nstart, tmp, newflags);
> + else
> + error = mprotect_fixup(vma, &prev, nstart, tmp, newflags);
> if (error)
> goto out;
> nstart = tmp;
> --
> 2.25.1