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=-7.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS 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 23399C43461 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:50:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2D5205F4 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:50:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1600282253; bh=16sTH0SegakzZKBjY8U3FsytaAxRFzwi1y28PIc8vKg=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:List-ID:From; b=DiBBRj6dPsFngHvC8SKDvqcLbVdX5Jlt/XWmVlwlCGg0QY6N8evU7V33yca6Tjusc 1n7TCRlZZAUP3kvN14lvxXnp1jST7kc67YqYDmqNkw6gxmYK46xbEVlFFMTqZnHmbl H0UXbtQl5ICPZIqb8bXyFzov0S2Fhq7yUDm2adW4= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727687AbgIPSuw (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:50:52 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:47818 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728239AbgIPStl (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:49:41 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f49.google.com (mail-ed1-f49.google.com [209.85.208.49]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D283F2222D for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:49:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1600282180; bh=16sTH0SegakzZKBjY8U3FsytaAxRFzwi1y28PIc8vKg=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:From; b=A8v0KRNufPmq2ID94lvuAYBLHSHS5ug/gBN4O948j2OLRL/yNp7TGrcaoMc8dhzbO gakR5PNyJc34jx5b5aXJZqOG+ECqvTX6r+JpS79zCVia6YDkI+sbXhF5mFPtKxxwmH lKt5qdjIMkNtCN34jJEvfHrZYNfN+/RBAbfSnBT8= Received: by mail-ed1-f49.google.com with SMTP id w1so7538370edr.3 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:49:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532Oyw4DjdO3r3R9JADCQvkvm0b+GkHIErra65tScYurHcWCGbic 8bMT8FWNU9ZHBsQ/XY9w8CjNLefQoDk754xRIk6NSg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwUX3bHQLCL84qG4wIC/JlN+nYNkgmXwAB8lo/1k8NF8oo4sGXt7L/6GSwGvTFkR4oICcgx71syaFhCR+ehMOk= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:5111:: with SMTP id s17mr28001448wrt.70.1600282177590; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:49:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200916072842.3502-1-rppt@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20200916072842.3502-1-rppt@kernel.org> From: Andy Lutomirski Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:49:25 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas To: Mike Rapoport Cc: Andrew Morton , Alexander Viro , Andy Lutomirski , Arnd Bergmann , Borislav Petkov , Catalin Marinas , Christopher Lameter , Dan Williams , Dave Hansen , David Hildenbrand , Elena Reshetova , "H. Peter Anvin" , Idan Yaniv , Ingo Molnar , James Bottomley , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , Matthew Wilcox , Mark Rutland , Mike Rapoport , Michael Kerrisk , Palmer Dabbelt , Paul Walmsley , Peter Zijlstra , Thomas Gleixner , Tycho Andersen , Will Deacon , Linux API , linux-arch , linux-arm-kernel , Linux FS Devel , Linux-MM , LKML , linux-nvdimm , linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, X86 ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 12:28 AM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > From: Mike Rapoport > > Hi, > > This is an implementation of "secret" mappings backed by a file descriptor. > I've dropped the boot time reservation patch for now as it is not strictly > required for the basic usage and can be easily added later either with or > without CMA. > > v5 changes: > * rebase on v5.9-rc5 > * drop boot time memory reservation patch > > v4 changes: > * rebase on v5.9-rc1 > * Do not redefine PMD_PAGE_ORDER in fs/dax.c, thanks Kirill > * Make secret mappings exclusive by default and only require flags to > memfd_secret() system call for uncached mappings, thanks again Kirill :) > > v3 changes: > * Squash kernel-parameters.txt update into the commit that added the > command line option. > * Make uncached mode explicitly selectable by architectures. For now enable > it only on x86. > > v2 changes: > * Follow Michael's suggestion and name the new system call 'memfd_secret' > * Add kernel-parameters documentation about the boot option > * Fix i386-tinyconfig regression reported by the kbuild bot. > CONFIG_SECRETMEM now depends on !EMBEDDED to disable it on small systems > from one side and still make it available unconditionally on > architectures that support SET_DIRECT_MAP. > > The file descriptor backing secret memory mappings is created using a > dedicated memfd_secret system call The desired protection mode for the > memory is configured using flags parameter of the system call. The mmap() > of the file descriptor created with memfd_secret() will create a "secret" > memory mapping. The pages in that mapping will be marked as not present in > the direct map and will have desired protection bits set in the user page > table. For instance, current implementation allows uncached mappings. I still have serious concerns with uncached mappings. I'm not saying I can't be convinced, but I'm not currently convinced that we should allow user code to create UC mappings on x86. --Andy