2023-10-31 10:16:04

by Aneesh Kumar K.V

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 29/37] powerpc/nohash: Replace pte_user() by pte_read()

Christophe Leroy <[email protected]> writes:

> pte_user() is now only used in pte_access_permitted() to check
> access on vmas. User flag is cleared to make a page unreadable.
>
> So rename it pte_read() and remove pte_user() which isn't used
> anymore.
>
> For the time being it checks _PAGE_USER but in the near futur
> all plateforms will be converted to _PAGE_READ so lets support
> both for now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h | 7 -------
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h | 13 +++++++------
> arch/powerpc/mm/ioremap.c | 4 ----
> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h
> index 62c965a4511a..1ee38befd29a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pte-8xx.h
> @@ -112,13 +112,6 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite_novma(pte_t pte)
>
> #define pte_mkwrite_novma pte_mkwrite_novma
>
> -static inline bool pte_user(pte_t pte)
> -{
> - return !(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_SH);
> -}
> -
> -#define pte_user pte_user
> -
> static inline pte_t pte_mkhuge(pte_t pte)
> {
> return __pte(pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_SPS | _PAGE_HUGE);
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
> index ee677162f9e6..aba56fe3b1c6 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/pgtable.h
> @@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)
> return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_WRITE;
> }
> #endif
> -#ifndef pte_read
> -static inline int pte_read(pte_t pte) { return 1; }
> -#endif
> static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
> static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL; }
> static inline int pte_none(pte_t pte) { return (pte_val(pte) & ~_PTE_NONE_MASK) == 0; }
> @@ -190,10 +187,14 @@ static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)
> * and PTE_64BIT, PAGE_KERNEL_X contains _PAGE_BAP_SR which is also in
> * _PAGE_USER. Need to explicitly match _PAGE_BAP_UR bit in that case too.
> */
> -#ifndef pte_user
> -static inline bool pte_user(pte_t pte)
> +#ifndef pte_read
> +static inline bool pte_read(pte_t pte)
> {
> +#ifdef _PAGE_READ
> + return (pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_READ) == _PAGE_READ;
> +#else
> return (pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_USER) == _PAGE_USER;
> +#endif
> }
> #endif
>
> @@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ static inline bool pte_access_permitted(pte_t pte, bool write)
> * A read-only access is controlled by _PAGE_USER bit.
> * We have _PAGE_READ set for WRITE and EXECUTE
> */
> - if (!pte_present(pte) || !pte_user(pte) || !pte_read(pte))
> + if (!pte_present(pte) || !pte_read(pte))
> return false;
>
> if (write && !pte_write(pte))
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/ioremap.c
> index 7823c38f09de..7b0afcabd89f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/ioremap.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/ioremap.c
> @@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ void __iomem *ioremap_prot(phys_addr_t addr, size_t size, unsigned long flags)
> if (pte_write(pte))
> pte = pte_mkdirty(pte);
>
> - /* we don't want to let _PAGE_USER leak out */
> - if (WARN_ON(pte_user(pte)))
> - return NULL;
>

This check is still valid right? I understand that we want to remove
_PAGE_USER. But then loosing this check is ok?

> -
> if (iowa_is_active())
> return iowa_ioremap(addr, size, pte_pgprot(pte), caller);
> return __ioremap_caller(addr, size, pte_pgprot(pte), caller);
> --
> 2.41.0