Cc: Jann and Oleg too On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 12:52:52PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote: > There is some usecase that centralized userspace daemon want to give > a memory hint like MADV_[COOL|COLD] to other process. Android's > ActivityManagerService is one of them. > > It's similar in spirit to madvise(MADV_WONTNEED), but the information > required to make the reclaim decision is not known to the app. Instead, > it is known to the centralized userspace daemon(ActivityManagerService), > and that daemon must be able to initiate reclaim on its own without > any app involvement. > > To solve the issue, this patch introduces new syscall process_madvise(2) > which works based on pidfd so it could give a hint to the exeternal > process. > > int process_madvise(int pidfd, void *addr, size_t length, int advise); > > All advises madvise provides can be supported in process_madvise, too. > Since it could affect other process's address range, only privileged > process(CAP_SYS_PTRACE) or something else(e.g., being the same UID) > gives it the right to ptrrace the process could use it successfully. > > Please suggest better idea if you have other idea about the permission. > > * from v1r1 > * use ptrace capability - surenb, dancol > > Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1 + > arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 + > include/linux/proc_fs.h | 1 + > include/linux/syscalls.h | 2 ++ > include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h | 2 ++ > kernel/signal.c | 2 +- > kernel/sys_ni.c | 1 + > mm/madvise.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 8 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl > index 4cd5f982b1e5..5b9dd55d6b57 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl > +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl > @@ -438,3 +438,4 @@ > 425 i386 io_uring_setup sys_io_uring_setup __ia32_sys_io_uring_setup > 426 i386 io_uring_enter sys_io_uring_enter __ia32_sys_io_uring_enter > 427 i386 io_uring_register sys_io_uring_register __ia32_sys_io_uring_register > +428 i386 process_madvise sys_process_madvise __ia32_sys_process_madvise > diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl > index 64ca0d06259a..0e5ee78161c9 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl > +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl > @@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ > 425 common io_uring_setup __x64_sys_io_uring_setup > 426 common io_uring_enter __x64_sys_io_uring_enter > 427 common io_uring_register __x64_sys_io_uring_register > +428 common process_madvise __x64_sys_process_madvise > > # > # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact > diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h > index 52a283ba0465..f8545d7c5218 100644 > --- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h > @@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static inline struct pid *tgid_pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file) > > #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */ > > +extern struct pid *pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file); > struct net; > > static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_net_mkdir( > diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h > index e2870fe1be5b..21c6c9a62006 100644 > --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h > +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h > @@ -872,6 +872,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_munlockall(void); > asmlinkage long sys_mincore(unsigned long start, size_t len, > unsigned char __user * vec); > asmlinkage long sys_madvise(unsigned long start, size_t len, int behavior); > +asmlinkage long sys_process_madvise(int pid_fd, unsigned long start, > + size_t len, int behavior); > asmlinkage long sys_remap_file_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long size, > unsigned long prot, unsigned long pgoff, > unsigned long flags); > diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h > index dee7292e1df6..7ee82ce04620 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h > +++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h > @@ -832,6 +832,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_io_uring_setup, sys_io_uring_setup) > __SYSCALL(__NR_io_uring_enter, sys_io_uring_enter) > #define __NR_io_uring_register 427 > __SYSCALL(__NR_io_uring_register, sys_io_uring_register) > +#define __NR_process_madvise 428 > +__SYSCALL(__NR_process_madvise, sys_process_madvise) > > #undef __NR_syscalls > #define __NR_syscalls 428 > diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c > index 1c86b78a7597..04e75daab1f8 100644 > --- a/kernel/signal.c > +++ b/kernel/signal.c > @@ -3620,7 +3620,7 @@ static int copy_siginfo_from_user_any(kernel_siginfo_t *kinfo, siginfo_t *info) > return copy_siginfo_from_user(kinfo, info); > } > > -static struct pid *pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file) > +struct pid *pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file) > { > if (file->f_op == &pidfd_fops) > return file->private_data; > diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c > index 4d9ae5ea6caf..5277421795ab 100644 > --- a/kernel/sys_ni.c > +++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c > @@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ COND_SYSCALL(mlockall); > COND_SYSCALL(munlockall); > COND_SYSCALL(mincore); > COND_SYSCALL(madvise); > +COND_SYSCALL(process_madvise); > COND_SYSCALL(remap_file_pages); > COND_SYSCALL(mbind); > COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(mbind); > diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c > index 119e82e1f065..af02aa17e5c1 100644 > --- a/mm/madvise.c > +++ b/mm/madvise.c > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ > #include <linux/mman.h> > #include <linux/pagemap.h> > #include <linux/page_idle.h> > +#include <linux/proc_fs.h> > #include <linux/syscalls.h> > #include <linux/mempolicy.h> > #include <linux/page-isolation.h> > @@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ > #include <linux/hugetlb.h> > #include <linux/falloc.h> > #include <linux/sched.h> > +#include <linux/sched/mm.h> > #include <linux/ksm.h> > #include <linux/fs.h> > #include <linux/file.h> > @@ -1140,3 +1142,46 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(madvise, unsigned long, start, size_t, len_in, int, behavior) > { > return madvise_core(current, start, len_in, behavior); > } > + > +SYSCALL_DEFINE4(process_madvise, int, pidfd, unsigned long, start, > + size_t, len_in, int, behavior) > +{ > + int ret; > + struct fd f; > + struct pid *pid; > + struct task_struct *tsk; > + struct mm_struct *mm; > + > + f = fdget(pidfd); > + if (!f.file) > + return -EBADF; > + > + pid = pidfd_to_pid(f.file); pidfd_to_pid() should not be directly exported since this allows /proc/<pid> fds to be used too. That's something we won't be going forward with. All new syscalls should only allow to operate on pidfds created through CLONE_PIDFD or pidfd_open() (cf. [1]). So e.g. please export a simple helper like struct pid *pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file) { if (file->f_op == &pidfd_fops) return file->private_data; return NULL; } turning the old pidfd_to_pid() into something like: static struct pid *__fd_to_pid(const struct file *file) { struct pid *pid; pid = pidfd_to_pid(file); if (pid) return pid; return tgid_pidfd_to_pid(file); } All new syscalls should only be using anon inode pidfds since they can actually have a clean security model built around them in the future. Note, pidfd_open() will be sent out together with making pidfds pollable for the 5.3 merge window. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190520155630.21684-1-christian@xxxxxxxxxx/ Thanks! Christian