From: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
linux_dti@icloud.com, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
will.deacon@arm.com, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org,
kristen@linux.intel.com, deneen.t.dock@intel.com,
Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 05/23] fork: Provide a function for copying init_mm
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:57:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190422185805.1169-6-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190422185805.1169-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
From: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Provide a function for copying init_mm. This function will be later used
for setting a temporary mm.
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
---
include/linux/sched/task.h | 1 +
kernel/fork.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index 2e97a2227045..f1227f2c38a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ extern void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *);
extern long _do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *, unsigned long);
extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
+struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void);
extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
extern long kernel_wait4(pid_t, int __user *, int, struct rusage *);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 9dcd18aa210b..099cca8f701c 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1298,13 +1298,20 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
complete_vfork_done(tsk);
}
-/*
- * Allocate a new mm structure and copy contents from the
- * mm structure of the passed in task structure.
+/**
+ * dup_mm() - duplicates an existing mm structure
+ * @tsk: the task_struct with which the new mm will be associated.
+ * @oldmm: the mm to duplicate.
+ *
+ * Allocates a new mm structure and duplicates the provided @oldmm structure
+ * content into it.
+ *
+ * Return: the duplicated mm or NULL on failure.
*/
-static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
+static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk,
+ struct mm_struct *oldmm)
{
- struct mm_struct *mm, *oldmm = current->mm;
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
int err;
mm = allocate_mm();
@@ -1371,7 +1378,7 @@ static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
}
retval = -ENOMEM;
- mm = dup_mm(tsk);
+ mm = dup_mm(tsk, current->mm);
if (!mm)
goto fail_nomem;
@@ -2186,6 +2193,11 @@ struct task_struct *fork_idle(int cpu)
return task;
}
+struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void)
+{
+ return dup_mm(NULL, &init_mm);
+}
+
/*
* Ok, this is the main fork-routine.
*
--
2.17.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-22 19:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-22 18:57 [PATCH v4 00/23] Merge text_poke fixes and executable lockdowns Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 01/23] Fix "x86/alternatives: Lockdep-enforce text_mutex in text_poke*()" Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 02/23] x86/jump_label: Use text_poke_early() during early init Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 03/23] x86/mm: Introduce temporary mm structs Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-25 16:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-04-25 17:37 ` Nadav Amit
2019-04-25 17:49 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 04/23] x86/mm: Save DRs when loading a temporary mm Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-25 16:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-04-25 18:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-22 18:57 ` Rick Edgecombe [this message]
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 06/23] x86/alternative: Initialize temporary mm for patching Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 07/23] x86/alternative: Use temporary mm for text poking Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 08/23] x86/kgdb: Avoid redundant comparison of patched code Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 09/23] x86/ftrace: Set trampoline pages as executable Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 10/23] x86/kprobes: Set instruction page " Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 11/23] x86/module: Avoid breaking W^X while loading modules Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 12/23] x86/jump-label: Remove support for custom poker Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 13/23] x86/alternative: Remove the return value of text_poke_*() Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 14/23] x86/mm/cpa: Add set_direct_map_ functions Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 15/23] mm: Make hibernate handle unmapped pages Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 16/23] vmalloc: Add flag for free of special permsissions Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-25 20:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-25 21:22 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-04-22 18:57 ` [PATCH v4 17/23] modules: Use vmalloc special flag Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:58 ` [PATCH v4 18/23] bpf: " Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:58 ` [PATCH v4 19/23] x86/ftrace: " Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-25 18:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-25 19:19 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-04-22 18:58 ` [PATCH v4 20/23] x86/kprobes: " Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:58 ` [PATCH v4 21/23] x86/alternative: Comment about module removal races Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:58 ` [PATCH v4 22/23] tlb: provide default nmi_uaccess_okay() Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-22 18:58 ` [PATCH v4 23/23] bpf: Fail bpf_probe_write_user() while mm is switched Rick Edgecombe
2019-04-25 20:48 ` [PATCH v4 00/23] Merge text_poke fixes and executable lockdowns Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-25 20:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
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