When a kernel thread performs memory access on behalf of a process (like
in async I/O, io_uring, etc.) it has to respect tagging setup of the
process as user addresses can include tags.
Normally, LAM setup is per-thread and recorded in thread flags, but for
this use case we also track LAM setup per-mm. mm->context.lam would
record LAM that allows the most tag bits among the threads of the mm.
The info used by switch_mm_irqs_off() to construct CR3 if the task is
kernel thread. Thread flags of the kernel thread get updated according
to mm->context.lam. It allows untagged_addr() to work correctly.
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h | 1 +
arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
index 9257667d13c5..fb05d6a11538 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ typedef struct {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
/* True if mm supports a task running in 32 bit compatibility mode. */
unsigned short ia32_compat;
+ u8 lam;
#endif
struct mutex lock;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index 138d4748aa97..1f9749da12e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -176,6 +176,34 @@ static u8 gen_lam(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
if (!tsk)
return LAM_NONE;
+ if (tsk->flags & PF_KTHREAD) {
+ /*
+ * For kernel thread use the most permissive LAM
+ * used by the mm. It's required to handle kernel thread
+ * memory accesses on behalf of a process.
+ *
+ * Adjust thread flags accodringly, so untagged_addr() would
+ * work correctly.
+ */
+ switch (mm->context.lam) {
+ case LAM_NONE:
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_LAM_U48);
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_LAM_U57);
+ return LAM_NONE;
+ case LAM_U57:
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_LAM_U48);
+ set_thread_flag(TIF_LAM_U57);
+ return LAM_U57;
+ case LAM_U48:
+ set_thread_flag(TIF_LAM_U48);
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_LAM_U57);
+ return LAM_U48;
+ default:
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ return LAM_NONE;
+ }
+ }
+
if (test_ti_thread_flag(ti, TIF_LAM_U57))
return LAM_U57;
if (test_ti_thread_flag(ti, TIF_LAM_U48))
--
2.26.2
