Re: [PATCHv3 5/8] x86/uaccess: Provide untagged_addr() and remove tags before address check

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 12:02:16PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 05:35:24PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > +/*
> > + * Mask out tag bits from the address.
> > + *
> > + * Magic with the 'sign' allows to untag userspace pointer without any branches
> > + * while leaving kernel addresses intact.
> > + */
> > +#define untagged_addr(mm, addr)	({					\
> > +	u64 __addr = (__force u64)(addr);				\
> > +	s64 sign = (s64)__addr >> 63;					\
> > +	__addr ^= sign;							\
> > +	__addr &= (mm)->context.untag_mask;				\
> > +	__addr ^= sign;							\
> > +	(__force __typeof__(addr))__addr;				\
> > +})
> 
> Can't we make that mask a constant and *always* unmask U57 irrespective
> of LAM being on?

We can do this if we give up on LAM_U48.

It would also needlessly relax canonical check. I'm not sure it is a good
idea.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov