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From: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
To: dave.hansen@intel.com, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, x86@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: ira.weiny@intel.com, rppt@kernel.org, dan.j.williams@intel.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 4/9] mm: Explicitly zero page table lock ptr
Date: Tue,  4 May 2021 17:30:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210505003032.489164-5-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210505003032.489164-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>

In ptlock_init() there is a VM_BUG_ON_PAGE() check on the page table lock
pointer. Explicitly zero the lock in ptlock_free() so a page table lock
can be re-initialized without triggering the BUG_ON().

It appears this doesn't normally trigger because the private field
shares the same space in struct page as ptl and page tables always
return to the buddy allocator before being re-initialized as new page
tables. When the page returns to the buddy allocator, private gets
used to store the page order, so it inadvertently clears ptl as well.
In future patches, pages will get re-initialized as page tables without
returning to the buddy allocator so this is needed.

Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
---
 mm/memory.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 5efa07fb6cdc..130f8c1e380a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -5225,5 +5225,6 @@ bool ptlock_alloc(struct page *page)
 void ptlock_free(struct page *page)
 {
 	kmem_cache_free(page_ptl_cachep, page->ptl);
+	page->ptl = 0;
 }
 #endif
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-05-05  0:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-05  0:30 [PATCH RFC 0/9] PKS write protected page tables Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 1/9] list: Support getting most recent element in list_lru Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 2/9] list: Support list head not in object for list_lru Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 3/9] x86/mm/cpa: Add grouped page allocations Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05 12:08   ` Mike Rapoport
2021-05-05 13:09     ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 18:45       ` Mike Rapoport
2021-05-05 21:57         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-09  9:39           ` Mike Rapoport
2021-05-10 19:38             ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-05  0:30 ` Rick Edgecombe [this message]
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 5/9] x86, mm: Use cache of page tables Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  8:51   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 12:09     ` Mike Rapoport
2021-05-05 13:19       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 21:54         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-06 17:59       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-05-06 18:24   ` Shakeel Butt
2021-05-07 16:27     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 6/9] x86/mm/cpa: Add set_memory_pks() Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 7/9] x86/mm/cpa: Add perm callbacks to grouped pages Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 8/9] x86, mm: Protect page tables with PKS Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 9/9] x86, cpa: PKS protect direct map page tables Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  2:03 ` [PATCH RFC 0/9] PKS write protected " Ira Weiny
2021-05-05  6:25 ` Kees Cook
2021-05-05  8:37   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 18:38     ` Kees Cook
2021-05-05 19:51   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-06  0:00   ` Ira Weiny
2021-05-05 11:08 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-05-05 11:56   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 19:46     ` Edgecombe, Rick P

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