Thread (52 messages) 52 messages, 7 authors, 2024-10-22

Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] mm: add PTE_MARKER_GUARD PTE marker

From: Vlastimil Babka <hidden>
Date: 2024-10-21 13:45:33
Also in: linux-alpha, linux-arch, linux-kselftest, linux-mips, linux-mm, lkml

On 10/20/24 18:20, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
Add a new PTE marker that results in any access causing the accessing
process to segfault.
Should we distinguish it from other segfaults? Is there a way? I can see
memory protection keys use SEGV_PKUERR, but no idea if we have any free values.
This is preferable to PTE_MARKER_POISONED, which results in the same
handling as hardware poisoned memory, and is thus undesirable for cases
where we simply wish to 'soft' poison a range.

This is in preparation for implementing the ability to specify guard pages
at the page table level, i.e. ranges that, when accessed, should cause
process termination.

Additionally, rename zap_drop_file_uffd_wp() to zap_drop_markers() - the
function checks the ZAP_FLAG_DROP_MARKER flag so naming it for this single
purpose was simply incorrect.

We then reuse the same logic to determine whether a zap should clear a
guard entry - this should only be performed on teardown and never on
MADV_DONTNEED or the like.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <redacted>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <redacted>

A nit below:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 906294ac85dc..50e3f6ed73ac 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -6353,6 +6353,9 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE |
 				      VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(hstate_index(h));
 				goto out_mutex;
+			} else if (marker & PTE_MARKER_GUARD) {
+				ret = VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;
+				goto out_mutex;
Given we don't support hugetlb, should we WARN_ON_ONCE() if such unexpected
marker appears there?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 0f614523b9f4..551455cd453f 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ static inline bool should_zap_folio(struct zap_details *details,
 	return !folio_test_anon(folio);
 }
 
-static inline bool zap_drop_file_uffd_wp(struct zap_details *details)
+static inline bool zap_drop_markers(struct zap_details *details)
 {
 	if (!details)
 		return false;
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (vma_is_anonymous(vma))
 		return;
 
-	if (zap_drop_file_uffd_wp(details))
+	if (zap_drop_markers(details))
 		return;
 
 	for (;;) {
@@ -1671,7 +1671,15 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			 * drop the marker if explicitly requested.
 			 */
 			if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma) &&
-			    !zap_drop_file_uffd_wp(details))
+			    !zap_drop_markers(details))
+				continue;
+		} else if (is_guard_swp_entry(entry)) {
+			/*
+			 * Ordinary zapping should not remove guard PTE
+			 * markers. Only do so if we should remove PTE markers
+			 * in general.
+			 */
+			if (!zap_drop_markers(details))
 				continue;
 		} else if (is_hwpoison_entry(entry) ||
 			   is_poisoned_swp_entry(entry)) {
@@ -4003,6 +4011,10 @@ static vm_fault_t handle_pte_marker(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (marker & PTE_MARKER_POISONED)
 		return VM_FAULT_HWPOISON;
 
+	/* Hitting a guard page is always a fatal condition. */
+	if (marker & PTE_MARKER_GUARD)
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV;
+
 	if (pte_marker_entry_uffd_wp(entry))
 		return pte_marker_handle_uffd_wp(vmf);
 
  
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