On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 1:08 PM Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 10/04, jeffxu@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > It is important to note that the CHECKPOINT_RESTORE feature (CRIU) may
> > alter the mapping of vdso, vvar, and sigpage during restore
> > operations. Consequently, this feature cannot be universally enabled
> > across all systems.
>
> Can't review.
>
> But as for uprobes, I'd prefer a simpler patch which doesn't need the new
> CONFIG_ and/or kernel boot options, something like the patch below.
>
Ok.
> And I don't really like the fact that this patch changes the behaviour
> of the "generic" _install_special_mapping() helper, but I won't argue.
>
This makes the minimum code change currently.
If in the future, there is a special mapping type that can't be
sealed, we can refactor _install_special_mapping() to support that.
> Oleg.
>
>
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
> #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> /* VM is sealed, in vm_flags */
> #define VM_SEALED _BITUL(63)
> +#else
> +#define VM_SEALED 0
> #endif
>
> /* Bits set in the VMA until the stack is in its final location */
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index 40ecab0971ff..388373c11593 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ static int xol_add_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct xol_area *area)
> }
>
> vma = _install_special_mapping(mm, area->vaddr, PAGE_SIZE,
> - VM_EXEC|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_DONTCOPY|VM_IO,
> + VM_EXEC|VM_MAYEXEC|VM_DONTCOPY|VM_IO|VM_SEALED,
> &xol_mapping);
OK.
> if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
> ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
>
