[PATCH v2] ARM: vectors: use gate_vma for vectors user mapping

* [PATCH v2] ARM: vectors: use gate_vma for vectors user mapping
@ 2012-01-17 16:50 Will Deacon
  2012-01-17 19:11 ` Nicolas Pitre
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Will Deacon @ 2012-01-17 16:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-arm-kernel

The current user mapping for the vectors page is inserted as a `horrible
hack vma' into each task via arch_setup_additional_pages. This causes
problems with the MM subsystem and vm_normal_page, as described here:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/14/55

Following the suggestion from Hugh in the above thread, this patch uses
the gate_vma for the vectors user mapping, therefore consolidating
the horrible hack VMAs into one.

Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
---

v2: Removed old arch_{exit,dup}_mmap implementations for ARM.
    Tested on vexpress (ctca9x4), PB1176 and AB926.

 arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h         |    4 ---
 arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h |   29 +--------------------------
 arch/arm/include/asm/page.h        |    2 +
 arch/arm/kernel/process.c          |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
index 0e9ce8d..38050b1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -130,8 +130,4 @@ struct mm_struct;
 extern unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm);
 #define arch_randomize_brk arch_randomize_brk
 
-extern int vectors_user_mapping(void);
-#define arch_setup_additional_pages(bprm, uses_interp) vectors_user_mapping()
-#define ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 71605d9..a0b3cac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/cachetype.h>
 #include <asm/proc-fns.h>
+#include <asm-generic/mm_hooks.h>
 
 void __check_kvm_seq(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
@@ -133,32 +134,4 @@ switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
 #define deactivate_mm(tsk,mm)	do { } while (0)
 #define activate_mm(prev,next)	switch_mm(prev, next, NULL)
 
-/*
- * We are inserting a "fake" vma for the user-accessible vector page so
- * gdb and friends can get to it through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
- * But we also want to remove it before the generic code gets to see it
- * during process exit or the unmapping of it would  cause total havoc.
- * (the macro is used as remove_vma() is static to mm/mmap.c)
- */
-#define arch_exit_mmap(mm) \
-do { \
-	struct vm_area_struct *high_vma = find_vma(mm, 0xffff0000); \
-	if (high_vma) { \
-		BUG_ON(high_vma->vm_next);  /* it should be last */ \
-		if (high_vma->vm_prev) \
-			high_vma->vm_prev->vm_next = NULL; \
-		else \
-			mm->mmap = NULL; \
-		rb_erase(&high_vma->vm_rb, &mm->mm_rb); \
-		mm->mmap_cache = NULL; \
-		mm->map_count--; \
-		remove_vma(high_vma); \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-static inline void arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
-				 struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-}
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
index 97b440c..5838361 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ extern void __cpu_copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,
 #define clear_page(page)	memset((void *)(page), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
 extern void copy_page(void *to, const void *from);
 
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA 1
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
 #include <asm/pgtable-3level-types.h>
 #else
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 971d65c..e11b523 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -526,22 +526,40 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 /*
  * The vectors page is always readable from user space for the
- * atomic helpers and the signal restart code.  Let's declare a mapping
- * for it so it is visible through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
+ * atomic helpers and the signal restart code. Insert it into the
+ * gate_vma so that it is visible through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
  */
+static struct vm_area_struct gate_vma;
 
-int vectors_user_mapping(void)
+static int __init gate_vma_init(void)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-	return install_special_mapping(mm, 0xffff0000, PAGE_SIZE,
-				       VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
-				       VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC |
-				       VM_ALWAYSDUMP | VM_RESERVED,
-				       NULL);
+	gate_vma.vm_start	= 0xffff0000;
+	gate_vma.vm_end		= 0xffff0000 + PAGE_SIZE;
+	gate_vma.vm_page_prot	= PAGE_READONLY_EXEC;
+	gate_vma.vm_flags	= VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
+				  VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC |
+				  VM_ALWAYSDUMP;
+	return 0;
+}
+arch_initcall(gate_vma_init);
+
+struct vm_area_struct *get_gate_vma(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	return &gate_vma;
+}
+
+int in_gate_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return (addr >= gate_vma.vm_start) && (addr < gate_vma.vm_end);
+}
+
+int in_gate_area_no_mm(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return in_gate_area(NULL, addr);
 }
 
 const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	return (vma->vm_start == 0xffff0000) ? "[vectors]" : NULL;
+	return (vma == &gate_vma) ? "[vectors]" : NULL;
 }
 #endif
-- 
1.7.4.1

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