Re: [PATCH] mm: debug_vm_pgtable: Don't use __P000 directly

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Thu Sep 23 2021 - 23:30:35 EST


Hello Guo,

On 9/22/21 1:48 AM, guoren@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The __Pxxx/__Sxxx macros are only for init protection_map[]. All

s/init protection_map[]/protection_map[] int/

Or rephrase with something similar.

> usage of them in linux should come from protection_map array.

Agreed.

>
> Becasue a lot of architectures would re-initilize protection_map[]

s/Becasue/Because/

./scripts/checkpatch.pl ./0001-mm-debug_vm_pgtable-Don-t-use-__P000-directly.patch
WARNING: 'Becasue' may be misspelled - perhaps 'Because'?
#9:
Becasue a lot of architectures would re-initilize protection_map[]
^^^^^^^

total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 15 lines checked

> array, eg: x86-mem_encrypt, m68k-motorola, mips, arm, sparc.
>
> Using __P000 maybe won't cause bug because hw would deny access

Not very clear. Could you please rephrase.

> with PROT_NONE permission, but it's not rigorous.

Agreed.

>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> index 1403639302e4..a6ebbf6e53dd 100644
> --- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> +++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> @@ -1104,13 +1104,13 @@ static int __init init_args(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
> /*
> * Initialize the debugging data.
> *
> - * __P000 (or even __S000) will help create page table entries with
> + * __P000 (protection_map[0]) will help create page table entries with

Please just replace __P000 and __S000 with protection_map[0] and
protection_map[8] respectively. Also reformat this comment section
if required.

> * PROT_NONE permission as required for pxx_protnone_tests().
> */
> memset(args, 0, sizeof(*args));
> args->vaddr = get_random_vaddr();
> args->page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(VMFLAGS);
> - args->page_prot_none = __P000;
> + args->page_prot_none = protection_map[0];
> args->is_contiguous_page = false;
> args->pud_pfn = ULONG_MAX;
> args->pmd_pfn = ULONG_MAX;
>

With the above changes in place.

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>