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=-8.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable 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 E695AC10F03 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:40:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C42217D9 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:40:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="HzviB74J" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729132AbfDWQiG (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:38:06 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-f193.google.com ([209.85.210.193]:38663 "EHLO mail-pf1-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728728AbfDWQiF (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:38:05 -0400 Received: by mail-pf1-f193.google.com with SMTP id 10so7765833pfo.5; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:38:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jhUgUnVwH131/xczA7BMawqjAt3u+4QIhEzyPGkH5gg=; b=HzviB74JmbYw4skjyutI99dOjVNQZ8cJdPk1BTUuTO7PwftqG5b5ywHSiIZj+PtZsy yoB7w8iO9cVhdOkS4ChxZHhkWwnhgvQEW5M6jc6Lw1CG7Y5sbcwKPZzqGzJlT3vFZtxD 5km8ASE8y0sG3GQU2fqK0AGrfPXWVVQFnCicJB9pWu8N/WNv748rHuC4QL4xPTYBTjmy ccatj4UYXr0Ld9Em4eoK2thGWXOWSEV5MM7kxWxUD7Oa/eNiRMdnVn4QjStLE5oeJfCJ 8bjRHvLUGwY+tMfJWCIRvqLahak94BiJ1L8yEJT1FuzsThDUHSIPxf7LsRo5OnXEA2ns R7rA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jhUgUnVwH131/xczA7BMawqjAt3u+4QIhEzyPGkH5gg=; b=PaqyPpH6tVLKh8nFoI/teK6dkwB0xoayoU9n/Lvcbszr7MppmxQD9BtG16jvM4j7Iq zOeW3K7WElhCmJNd85ih4RTcRlT1tqe6NTwvBttm9/+tzsIfL0PalIwxfDiDqqtovcmG p9eQboiaigE1op6I1iybLId3XcbnhDlzKPa2Sc6WjK6nJS1jO5QALPCqA1P8RoN8AdkB tv4TAwbXldawTarGHIZMmF4xyztLukHt/xA+VYZUYJ8Zzmz9AIQPLYqkCZG08WQhFr8m jnVae0BpKNN2+Z+b6WcqrIjaZrYU+nZGAxhF6jE/xv0hmn5oTzwBv9iJOtrRrxJEaO+R TnrQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAW/ZNQvaCFfkEnY6aZSFyOfS5xGS2bhCH7HLsgGqUtcV7BMT2NR Ko0nCPUsMu1KhSdv8phE5ic= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzHIquS1VBTfLSG3etu+O7g2qe7tFWGQ/pqVW94swIbeu4SxlEJz+w328wbLPNv4VZH/q111w== X-Received: by 2002:a63:6907:: with SMTP id e7mr24917603pgc.209.1556037484653; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:38:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([104.238.181.70]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v1sm24364801pff.81.2019.04.23.09.37.59 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:38:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Changbin Du To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , rjw@rjwysocki.net, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org, fenghua.yu@intel.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, mchehab+samsung@kernel.org, Changbin Du Subject: [PATCH v4 48/63] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt to reST Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:29:17 +0800 Message-Id: <20190423162932.21428-49-changbin.du@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20190423162932.21428-1-changbin.du@gmail.com> References: <20190423162932.21428-1-changbin.du@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du --- Documentation/x86/index.rst | 1 + ...rotection-keys.txt => protection-keys.rst} | 33 ++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) rename Documentation/x86/{protection-keys.txt => protection-keys.rst} (83%) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst index e06b5c0ea883..576628b121cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ Linux x86 Support tlb mtrr pat + protection-keys diff --git a/Documentation/x86/protection-keys.txt b/Documentation/x86/protection-keys.rst similarity index 83% rename from Documentation/x86/protection-keys.txt rename to Documentation/x86/protection-keys.rst index ecb0d2dadfb7..49d9833af871 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/protection-keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/protection-keys.rst @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================== +Memory Protection Keys +====================== + Memory Protection Keys for Userspace (PKU aka PKEYs) is a feature which is found on Intel's Skylake "Scalable Processor" Server CPUs. It will be avalable in future non-server parts. @@ -23,9 +29,10 @@ even though there is theoretically space in the PAE PTEs. These permissions are enforced on data access only and have no effect on instruction fetches. -=========================== Syscalls =========================== +Syscalls +======== -There are 3 system calls which directly interact with pkeys: +There are 3 system calls which directly interact with pkeys:: int pkey_alloc(unsigned long flags, unsigned long init_access_rights) int pkey_free(int pkey); @@ -37,6 +44,7 @@ pkey_alloc(). An application calls the WRPKRU instruction directly in order to change access permissions to memory covered with a key. In this example WRPKRU is wrapped by a C function called pkey_set(). +:: int real_prot = PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE; pkey = pkey_alloc(0, PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE); @@ -45,43 +53,44 @@ called pkey_set(). ... application runs here Now, if the application needs to update the data at 'ptr', it can -gain access, do the update, then remove its write access: +gain access, do the update, then remove its write access:: pkey_set(pkey, 0); // clear PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE *ptr = foo; // assign something pkey_set(pkey, PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE); // set PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE again Now when it frees the memory, it will also free the pkey since it -is no longer in use: +is no longer in use:: munmap(ptr, PAGE_SIZE); pkey_free(pkey); -(Note: pkey_set() is a wrapper for the RDPKRU and WRPKRU instructions. - An example implementation can be found in - tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c) +.. note:: pkey_set() is a wrapper for the RDPKRU and WRPKRU instructions. + An example implementation can be found in + tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c. -=========================== Behavior =========================== +Behavior +======== The kernel attempts to make protection keys consistent with the -behavior of a plain mprotect(). For instance if you do this: +behavior of a plain mprotect(). For instance if you do this:: mprotect(ptr, size, PROT_NONE); something(ptr); -you can expect the same effects with protection keys when doing this: +you can expect the same effects with protection keys when doing this:: pkey = pkey_alloc(0, PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE | PKEY_DISABLE_READ); pkey_mprotect(ptr, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, pkey); something(ptr); That should be true whether something() is a direct access to 'ptr' -like: +like:: *ptr = foo; or when the kernel does the access on the application's behalf like -with a read(): +with a read():: read(fd, ptr, 1); -- 2.20.1