Re: [PATCH] vdso: use CONFIG_PAGE_SHIFT in vdso/datapage.h

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Mar 20 2024 - 17:08:33 EST


On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 07:02:15PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Both the vdso rework and the CONFIG_PAGE_SHIFT changes were merged during
> the v6.9 merge window, so it is now possible to use CONFIG_PAGE_SHIFT
> instead of including asm/page.h in the vdso.
>
> This avoids the workaround for arm64 and addresses a build warning
> for powerpc64:
>
> In file included from <built-in>:4:
> In file included from /home/arnd/arm-soc/arm-soc/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c:5:
> In file included from ../include/vdso/datapage.h:25:
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:230:9: error: result of comparison of constant 13835058055282163712 with expression of type 'unsigned long' is always true [-Werror,-Wtautological-constant-out-of-range-compare]
> 230 | return __pa(kaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:217:37: note: expanded from macro '__pa'
> 217 | VIRTUAL_WARN_ON((unsigned long)(x) < PAGE_OFFSET); \
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h:202:73: note: expanded from macro 'VIRTUAL_WARN_ON'
> 202 | #define VIRTUAL_WARN_ON(x) WARN_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL) && (x))
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h:88:25: note: expanded from macro 'WARN_ON'
> 88 | int __ret_warn_on = !!(x); \
> | ^
>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> See-also: 8b3843ae3634 ("vdso/datapage: Quick fix - use asm/page-def.h for ARM64")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks for tracking this!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook