Re: [PATCH v2 12/39] x86/mm: Update ptep_set_wrprotect() and pmdp_set_wrprotect() for transition from _PAGE_DIRTY to _PAGE_COW

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 03:29:09PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index 2f2963429f48..58c7bf9d7392 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -1287,6 +1287,23 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear_full(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  static inline void ptep_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  				      unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
>  {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_SHADOW_STACK
> +	/*
> +	 * Avoid accidentally creating shadow stack PTEs
> +	 * (Write=0,Dirty=1).  Use cmpxchg() to prevent races with
> +	 * the hardware setting Dirty=1.
> +	 */
> +	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
> +		pte_t old_pte, new_pte;
> +
> +		old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
> +		do {
> +			new_pte = pte_wrprotect(old_pte);
> +		} while (!try_cmpxchg(&ptep->pte, &old_pte.pte, new_pte.pte));
> +
> +		return;
> +	}
> +#endif
>  	clear_bit(_PAGE_BIT_RW, (unsigned long *)&ptep->pte);
>  }

Okay, this addresses my previous question. The need in cmpxchg is
unfortunate, but well.

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov




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