Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] userfaultfd: UFFDIO_MOVE uABI

[Suren Baghdasaryan]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 5:29 AM David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Focusing on validate_remap_areas():
>
> > +
> > +static int validate_remap_areas(struct vm_area_struct *src_vma,
> > +                             struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma)
> > +{
> > +     /* Only allow remapping if both have the same access and protection */
> > +     if ((src_vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS) != (dst_vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS) ||
> > +         pgprot_val(src_vma->vm_page_prot) != pgprot_val(dst_vma->vm_page_prot))
> > +             return -EINVAL;
>
> Makes sense. I do wonder about pkey and friends and if we even have to
> so anything special.

I don't see anything special done for mremap. Do you have something in mind?

>
> > +
> > +     /* Only allow remapping if both are mlocked or both aren't */
> > +     if ((src_vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) != (dst_vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED))
> > +             return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +     if (!(src_vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) || !(dst_vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
> > +             return -EINVAL;
>
> Why does one of both need VM_WRITE? If one really needs it, then the
> destination (where we're moving stuff to).

As you noticed later, both should have VM_WRITE.

>
> > +
> > +     /*
> > +      * Be strict and only allow remap_pages if either the src or
> > +      * dst range is registered in the userfaultfd to prevent
> > +      * userland errors going unnoticed. As far as the VM
> > +      * consistency is concerned, it would be perfectly safe to
> > +      * remove this check, but there's no useful usage for
> > +      * remap_pages ouside of userfaultfd registered ranges. This
> > +      * is after all why it is an ioctl belonging to the
> > +      * userfaultfd and not a syscall.
>
> I think the last sentence is the important bit and the comment can
> likely be reduced.

Ok, I'll look into shortening it.

>
> > +      *
> > +      * Allow both vmas to be registered in the userfaultfd, just
> > +      * in case somebody finds a way to make such a case useful.
> > +      * Normally only one of the two vmas would be registered in
> > +      * the userfaultfd.
>
> Should we just check the destination? That makes most sense to me,
> because with uffd we are resolving uffd-events. And just like
> copy/zeropage we want to resolve a page fault ("userfault") of a
> non-present page on the destination.

I think that makes sense. Not sure why the original implementation
needed the check for source too. Seems unnecessary.

>
>
> > +      */
> > +     if (!dst_vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx &&
> > +         !src_vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx)
> > +             return -EINVAL;
>
>
>
> > +
> > +     /*
> > +      * FIXME: only allow remapping across anonymous vmas,
> > +      * tmpfs should be added.
> > +      */
> > +     if (!vma_is_anonymous(src_vma) || !vma_is_anonymous(dst_vma))
> > +             return -EINVAL;
>
> Why a FIXME here? Just drop the comment completely or replace it with
> "We only allow to remap anonymous folios accross anonymous VMAs".

Will do. I guess Andrea had plans to cover tmpfs as well.

>
> > +
> > +     /*
> > +      * Ensure the dst_vma has a anon_vma or this page
> > +      * would get a NULL anon_vma when moved in the
> > +      * dst_vma.
> > +      */
> > +     if (unlikely(anon_vma_prepare(dst_vma)))
> > +             return -ENOMEM;
>
> Makes sense.
>
> > +
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
>
>

Thanks,
Suren.


> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb
>
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