Allow arch code to register some memory to be used by execmem_alloc().
One possible use case is to allocate PMD pages for kernl text up to
PMD_ALIGN(_etext), and use (_etext, PMD_ALIGN(_etext)) for
execmem_alloc. Currently, only one such region is supported.
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/vmalloc.h | 4 ++++
mm/vmalloc.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index 30aa8c187d40..2babbe3031a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -132,11 +132,15 @@ extern void vm_unmap_aliases(void);
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
extern void __init vmalloc_init(void);
extern unsigned long vmalloc_nr_pages(void);
+void register_text_tail_vm(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
#else
static inline void vmalloc_init(void)
{
}
static inline unsigned long vmalloc_nr_pages(void) { return 0; }
+void register_text_tail_vm(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+}
#endif
extern void *vmalloc(unsigned long size) __alloc_size(1);
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index b2a988d0a2a1..71ab81ceb3c7 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ static const bool vmap_allow_huge = false;
#endif
#define PMD_ALIGN_DOWN(addr) ALIGN_DOWN(addr, PMD_SIZE)
+static struct vm_struct text_tail_vm;
+static struct vmap_area text_tail_va;
+
bool is_vmalloc_addr(const void *x)
{
unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)kasan_reset_tag(x);
@@ -655,6 +658,8 @@ int is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(const void *x)
unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)kasan_reset_tag(x);
if (addr >= MODULES_VADDR && addr < MODULES_END)
return 1;
+ if (addr >= text_tail_va.va_start && addr < text_tail_va.va_end)
+ return 1;
#endif
return is_vmalloc_addr(x);
}
@@ -2439,6 +2444,35 @@ static void vmap_init_free_space(void)
}
}
+/*
+ * register_text_tail_vm() allows arch code to register memory regions
+ * for execmem_alloc. Unlike regular memory regions used by execmem_alloc,
+ * this region is never freed by vfree_exec.
+ *
+ * One possible use case is to allocate PMD pages for kernl text up to
+ * PMD_ALIGN(_etext), and use (_etext, PMD_ALIGN(_etext)) for
+ * execmem_alloc.
+ */
+void register_text_tail_vm(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+ struct vmap_area *va;
+
+ /* only support one region */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(text_tail_vm.addr))
+ return;
+
+ va = kmem_cache_zalloc(vmap_area_cachep, GFP_NOWAIT);
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!va))
+ return;
+ text_tail_vm.addr = (void *)start;
+ text_tail_vm.size = end - start;
+ text_tail_va.va_start = start;
+ text_tail_va.va_end = end;
+ text_tail_va.vm = &text_tail_vm;
+ memcpy(va, &text_tail_va, sizeof(*va));
+ insert_vmap_area_augment(va, NULL, &free_text_area_root, &free_text_area_list);
+}
+
void __init vmalloc_init(void)
{
struct vmap_area *va;
--
2.30.2
