Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] madvise MADV_DOEXEC

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Hi Anthony and Steven,

在 2020/7/28 1:11, Anthony Yznaga 写道:
> This patchset adds support for preserving an anonymous memory range across
> exec(3) using a new madvise MADV_DOEXEC argument.  The primary benefit for
> sharing memory in this manner, as opposed to re-attaching to a named shared
> memory segment, is to ensure it is mapped at the same virtual address in
> the new process as it was in the old one.  An intended use for this is to
> preserve guest memory for guests using vfio while qemu exec's an updated
> version of itself.  By ensuring the memory is preserved at a fixed address,
> vfio mappings and their associated kernel data structures can remain valid.
> In addition, for the qemu use case, qemu instances that back guest RAM with
> anonymous memory can be updated.
> 

We have a requirement like yours, but ours seems more complex. We want to
isolate some memory regions from the VM's memory space and the start a child
process who will using these memory regions.

I've wrote a draft to support this feature, but I just find that my draft is
pretty like yours.

It seems that you've already abandoned this patchset, why ?

> Patches 1 and 2 ensure that loading of ELF load segments does not silently
> clobber existing VMAS, and remove assumptions that the stack is the only
> VMA in the mm when the stack is set up.  Patch 1 re-introduces the use of
> MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE to load ELF binaries that addresses the previous issues
> and could be considered on its own.
> 
> Patches 3, 4, and 5 introduce the feature and an opt-in method for its use
> using an ELF note.
> 
> Anthony Yznaga (5):
>   elf: reintroduce using MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE for elf executable mappings
>   mm: do not assume only the stack vma exists in setup_arg_pages()
>   mm: introduce VM_EXEC_KEEP
>   exec, elf: require opt-in for accepting preserved mem
>   mm: introduce MADV_DOEXEC
> 
>  arch/x86/Kconfig                       |   1 +
>  fs/binfmt_elf.c                        | 196 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  fs/exec.c                              |  33 +++++-
>  include/linux/binfmts.h                |   7 +-
>  include/linux/mm.h                     |   5 +
>  include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h |   3 +
>  kernel/fork.c                          |   2 +-
>  mm/madvise.c                           |  25 +++++
>  mm/mmap.c                              |  47 ++++++++
>  9 files changed, 266 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Longpeng(Mike)



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