Future changes will need to add a new member to struct vm_unmapped_area_info. This would cause trouble for any call site that doesn't initialize the struct. Currently every caller sets each field manually, so if new fields are added they will be unitialized and the core code parsing the struct will see garbage in the new field. It could be possible to initialize the new field manually to 0 at each call site. This and a couple other options were discussed, and the consensus (see links) was that in general the best way to accomplish this would be via static initialization with designated field initiators. Having some struct vm_unmapped_area_info instances not zero initialized will put those sites at risk of feeding garbage into vm_unmapped_area() if the convention is to zero initialize the struct and any new field addition misses a call site that initializes each field manually. It could be possible to leave the code mostly untouched, and just change the line: struct vm_unmapped_area_info info to: struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = {}; However, that would leave cleanup for the fields that are manually set to zero, as it would no longer be required. So to be reduce the chance of bugs via uninitialized fields, instead simply continue the process to initialize the struct this way tree wide. This will zero any unspecified members. Move the field initializers to the struct declaration when they are known at that time. Leave the fields out that were manually initialized to zero, as this would be redundant for designated initializers. Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202402280912.33AEE7A9CF@keescook/#t Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/j7bfvig3gew3qruouxrh7z7ehjjafrgkbcmg6tcghhfh3rhmzi@wzlcoecgy5rs/ --- Hi, This patch was split and refactored out of a tree-wide change [0] to just zero-init each struct vm_unmapped_area_info. The overall goal of the series is to help shadow stack guard gaps. Currently, there is only one arch with shadow stacks, but two more are in progress. Thanks, Rick [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240226190951.3240433-6-rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx/ --- arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c | 22 ++++++++++------------ arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 27 ++++++++++++--------------- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c index c783aeb37dce..2c0d75ead631 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c @@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, { struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; struct vm_area_struct *vma; - struct vm_unmapped_area_info info; + struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = { + .length = len, + .align_offset = pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT + }; unsigned long begin, end; if (flags & MAP_FIXED) @@ -144,12 +147,8 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, return addr; } - info.flags = 0; - info.length = len; info.low_limit = begin; info.high_limit = end; - info.align_mask = 0; - info.align_offset = pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT; if (filp) { info.align_mask = get_align_mask(); info.align_offset += get_align_bits(); @@ -165,7 +164,12 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0, struct vm_area_struct *vma; struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; unsigned long addr = addr0; - struct vm_unmapped_area_info info; + struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = { + .flags = VM_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN, + .length = len, + .align_offset = pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT, + .high_limit = get_mmap_base(0), + }; /* requested length too big for entire address space */ if (len > TASK_SIZE) @@ -191,15 +195,11 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0, } get_unmapped_area: - info.flags = VM_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN; - info.length = len; if (!in_32bit_syscall() && (flags & MAP_ABOVE4G)) info.low_limit = SZ_4G; else info.low_limit = PAGE_SIZE; - info.high_limit = get_mmap_base(0); - /* * If hint address is above DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW, look for unmapped area * in the full address space. @@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0, if (addr > DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW && !in_32bit_syscall()) info.high_limit += TASK_SIZE_MAX - DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW; - info.align_mask = 0; - info.align_offset = pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT; if (filp) { info.align_mask = get_align_mask(); info.align_offset += get_align_bits(); diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c index 6d77c0039617..ddbcc242d78a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c @@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(struct file *file, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) { struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file); - struct vm_unmapped_area_info info; - - info.flags = 0; - info.length = len; - info.low_limit = get_mmap_base(1); + struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = { + info.length = len, + info.low_limit = get_mmap_base(1), + info.align_mask = PAGE_MASK & ~huge_page_mask(h) + }; /* * If hint address is above DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW, look for unmapped area @@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_bottomup(struct file *file, info.high_limit = in_32bit_syscall() ? task_size_32bit() : task_size_64bit(addr > DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW); - info.align_mask = PAGE_MASK & ~huge_page_mask(h); - info.align_offset = 0; return vm_unmapped_area(&info); } @@ -74,12 +72,13 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *file, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) { struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file); - struct vm_unmapped_area_info info; - - info.flags = VM_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN; - info.length = len; - info.low_limit = PAGE_SIZE; - info.high_limit = get_mmap_base(0); + struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = { + .flags = VM_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN, + .length = len, + .low_limit = PAGE_SIZE, + .high_limit = get_mmap_base(0), + .align_mask = PAGE_MASK & ~huge_page_mask(h) + }; /* * If hint address is above DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW, look for unmapped area @@ -88,8 +87,6 @@ static unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *file, if (addr > DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW && !in_32bit_syscall()) info.high_limit += TASK_SIZE_MAX - DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW; - info.align_mask = PAGE_MASK & ~huge_page_mask(h); - info.align_offset = 0; addr = vm_unmapped_area(&info); /* -- 2.34.1