Re: [PATCH] riscv: Define TASK_SIZE_MAX for __access_ok()

From: Alexandre Ghiti
Date: Mon Mar 18 2024 - 16:50:36 EST


Hi Samuel,

On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM Samuel Holland
<samuel.holland@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> TASK_SIZE_MAX should be set to the largest userspace address under any
> runtime configuration. This optimizes the check in __access_ok(), which
> no longer needs to compute the current value of TASK_SIZE. It is still
> safe because addresses between TASK_SIZE and TASK_SIZE_MAX are invalid
> at the hardware level.
>
> This removes about half of the references to pgtable_l[45]_enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h | 1 +
> arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
> index b99bd66107a6..a677ef3c0fe2 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern bool pgtable_l5_enabled;
> #define PGDIR_SHIFT_L4 39
> #define PGDIR_SHIFT_L5 48
> #define PGDIR_SIZE_L3 (_AC(1, UL) << PGDIR_SHIFT_L3)
> +#define PGDIR_SIZE_L5 (_AC(1, UL) << PGDIR_SHIFT_L5)
>
> #define PGDIR_SHIFT (pgtable_l5_enabled ? PGDIR_SHIFT_L5 : \
> (pgtable_l4_enabled ? PGDIR_SHIFT_L4 : PGDIR_SHIFT_L3))
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index 6066822e7396..2032f8ac5fc5 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_swp_clear_exclusive(pte_t pte)
> #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> #define TASK_SIZE_64 (PGDIR_SIZE * PTRS_PER_PGD / 2)
> #define TASK_SIZE_MIN (PGDIR_SIZE_L3 * PTRS_PER_PGD / 2)
> +#define TASK_SIZE_MAX (PGDIR_SIZE_L5 * PTRS_PER_PGD / 2)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> #define TASK_SIZE_32 (_AC(0x80000000, UL))
> --
> 2.43.1
>

I think you also need to change the check in handle_page_fault() by
using TASK_SIZE_MAX instead of TASK_SIZE, otherwise the fixup can't
happen (https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c#L273).

Or I was wondering if it would not be better to do like x86 and use an
alternative, it would be more correct (even though I believe your
solution works)
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64h#L82.

Thanks,

Alex