The x86 Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) feature includes a new type of memory called shadow stack. This shadow stack memory has some unusual properties, which requires some core mm changes to function properly. One of these changes is to allow for pmd_mkwrite() to create different types of writable memory (the existing conventionally writable type and also the new shadow stack type). Future patches will convert pmd_mkwrite() to take a VMA in order to facilitate this, however there are places in the kernel where pmd_mkwrite() is called outside of the context of a VMA. These are for kernel memory. So create a new variant called pmd_mkwrite_kernel() and switch the kernel users over to it. Have pmd_mkwrite() and pmd_mkwrite_kernel() be the same for now. Future patches will introduce changes to make pmd_mkwrite() take a VMA. Only do this for architectures that need it because they call pmd_mkwrite() in arch code without an associated VMA. Since it will only currently be used in arch code, so do not include it in arch_pgtable_helpers.rst. Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Pengfei Xu <pengfei.xu@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0e29a2d0-08d8-bcd6-ff26-4bea0e4037b0@xxxxxxxxxx/ --- Hi Non-x86 Arch’s, x86 has a feature that allows for the creation of a special type of writable memory (shadow stack) that is only writable in limited specific ways. Previously, changes were proposed to core MM code to teach it to decide when to create normally writable memory or the special shadow stack writable memory, but David Hildenbrand suggested[0] to change pXX_mkwrite() to take a VMA, so awareness of shadow stack memory can be moved into x86 code. Since pXX_mkwrite() is defined in every arch, it requires some tree-wide changes. So that is why you are seeing some patches out of a big x86 series pop up in your arch mailing list. There is no functional change. After this refactor, the shadow stack series goes on to use the arch helpers to push shadow stack memory details inside arch/x86. Testing was just 0-day build testing. Hopefully that is enough context. Thanks! [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0e29a2d0-08d8-bcd6-ff26-4bea0e4037b0@xxxxxxxxxx/ v6: - New patch --- arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h | 7 ++++++- arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h index d4943f2d3f00..deeb918cae1d 100644 --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_wrprotect(pmd_t pmd) return set_pmd_bit(pmd, __pgprot(_SEGMENT_ENTRY_PROTECT)); } -static inline pmd_t pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd) +static inline pmd_t pmd_mkwrite_kernel(pmd_t pmd) { pmd = set_pmd_bit(pmd, __pgprot(_SEGMENT_ENTRY_WRITE)); if (pmd_val(pmd) & _SEGMENT_ENTRY_DIRTY) @@ -1499,6 +1499,11 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd) return pmd; } +static inline pmd_t pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd) +{ + return pmd_mkwrite_kernel(pmd); +} + static inline pmd_t pmd_mkclean(pmd_t pmd) { pmd = clear_pmd_bit(pmd, __pgprot(_SEGMENT_ENTRY_DIRTY)); diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c index 4ee5fe5caa23..7b6967dfacd0 100644 --- a/arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c +++ b/arch/s390/mm/pageattr.c @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void modify_pmd_page(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, if (flags & SET_MEMORY_RO) new = pmd_wrprotect(new); else if (flags & SET_MEMORY_RW) - new = pmd_mkwrite(pmd_mkdirty(new)); + new = pmd_mkwrite_kernel(pmd_mkdirty(new)); if (flags & SET_MEMORY_NX) new = set_pmd_bit(new, __pgprot(_SEGMENT_ENTRY_NOEXEC)); else if (flags & SET_MEMORY_X) -- 2.17.1
