From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96B7BC433E5 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:26:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789FD2074F for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:26:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729291AbgG1M02 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:26:28 -0400 Received: from relay.sw.ru ([185.231.240.75]:51548 "EHLO relay3.sw.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728300AbgG1M02 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:26:28 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 3052 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:26:26 EDT Received: from [192.168.15.38] by relay3.sw.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1k0NsJ-0003Qb-E5; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:34:27 +0300 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] madvise MADV_DOEXEC To: Anthony Yznaga , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: mhocko@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, arnd@arndb.de, ebiederm@xmission.com, keescook@chromium.org, gerg@linux-m68k.org, christian.brauner@ubuntu.com, peterz@infradead.org, esyr@redhat.com, jgg@ziepe.ca, christian@kellner.me, areber@redhat.com, cyphar@cyphar.com, steven.sistare@oracle.com References: <1595869887-23307-1-git-send-email-anthony.yznaga@oracle.com> From: Kirill Tkhai Message-ID: <46891e3b-ca08-197d-935f-fa0a52a60051@virtuozzo.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:34:37 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1595869887-23307-1-git-send-email-anthony.yznaga@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On 27.07.2020 20:11, Anthony Yznaga wrote: > This patchset adds support for preserving an anonymous memory range across > exec(3) using a new madvise MADV_DOEXEC argument. The primary benefit for > sharing memory in this manner, as opposed to re-attaching to a named shared > memory segment, is to ensure it is mapped at the same virtual address in > the new process as it was in the old one. An intended use for this is to > preserve guest memory for guests using vfio while qemu exec's an updated > version of itself. By ensuring the memory is preserved at a fixed address, So, the goal is an update of QEMU binary without a stopping of virtual machine? > vfio mappings and their associated kernel data structures can remain valid. > In addition, for the qemu use case, qemu instances that back guest RAM with > anonymous memory can be updated. > > Patches 1 and 2 ensure that loading of ELF load segments does not silently > clobber existing VMAS, and remove assumptions that the stack is the only > VMA in the mm when the stack is set up. Patch 1 re-introduces the use of > MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE to load ELF binaries that addresses the previous issues > and could be considered on its own. > > Patches 3, 4, and 5 introduce the feature and an opt-in method for its use > using an ELF note. > > Anthony Yznaga (5): > elf: reintroduce using MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE for elf executable mappings > mm: do not assume only the stack vma exists in setup_arg_pages() > mm: introduce VM_EXEC_KEEP > exec, elf: require opt-in for accepting preserved mem > mm: introduce MADV_DOEXEC > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + > fs/binfmt_elf.c | 196 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > fs/exec.c | 33 +++++- > include/linux/binfmts.h | 7 +- > include/linux/mm.h | 5 + > include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h | 3 + > kernel/fork.c | 2 +- > mm/madvise.c | 25 +++++ > mm/mmap.c | 47 ++++++++ > 9 files changed, 266 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-) >