[PATCH v2] mm,kfence: decouple kfence from page granularity mapping judgement

Zhenhua Huang quic_zhenhuah at quicinc.com
Thu Mar 9 18:02:17 PST 2023


Thanks Marco for your detailed review!

On 2023/3/9 23:48, Marco Elver wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 at 16:38, Zhenhua Huang <quic_zhenhuah at quicinc.com> wrote:
>>
>> Kfence only needs its pool to be mapped as page granularity, previous
>> judgement was a bit over protected. Decouple it from judgement and do
>> page granularity mapping for kfence pool only [1].
>>
>> To implement this, also relocate the kfence pool allocation before the
>> linear mapping setting up, arm64_kfence_alloc_pool is to allocate phys
>> addr, __kfence_pool is to be set after linear mapping set up.
>>
>> LINK: [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/1675750519-1064-1-git-send-email-quic_zhenhuah@quicinc.com/T/
>> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhenhua Huang <quic_zhenhuah at quicinc.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c      | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c |  5 ++---
>>   include/linux/kfence.h   |  7 +++++++
>>   mm/kfence/core.c         |  9 +++++++++
>>   4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>> index 6f9d889..46afe3f 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
>> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>>   #include <linux/mm.h>
>>   #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>>   #include <linux/set_memory.h>
>> +#include <linux/kfence.h>
>>
>>   #include <asm/barrier.h>
>>   #include <asm/cputype.h>
>> @@ -525,6 +526,33 @@ static int __init enable_crash_mem_map(char *arg)
>>   }
>>   early_param("crashkernel", enable_crash_mem_map);
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KFENCE
>> +
>> +static phys_addr_t arm64_kfence_alloc_pool(void)
>> +{
>> +       phys_addr_t kfence_pool = 0;
>> +
>> +       if (!kfence_sample_interval)
>> +               return 0;
>> +
>> +       kfence_pool = memblock_phys_alloc(KFENCE_POOL_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
>> +       if (!kfence_pool) {
>> +               pr_err("failed to allocate kfence pool\n");
>> +               return 0;
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       return kfence_pool;
>> +}
>> +
>> +#else
>> +
>> +static phys_addr_t arm64_kfence_alloc_pool(void)
>> +{
>> +       return (phys_addr_t)NULL;
> 
> Just return "0" - which the above function does as well on error. Or
> the above function should also do (phys_addr_t)NULL for consistency.

Done

> 
>> +}
>> +
>> +#endif
>> +
>>   static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
>>   {
>>          static const u64 direct_map_end = _PAGE_END(VA_BITS_MIN);
>> @@ -532,6 +560,7 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
>>          phys_addr_t kernel_end = __pa_symbol(__init_begin);
>>          phys_addr_t start, end;
>>          int flags = NO_EXEC_MAPPINGS;
>> +       phys_addr_t kfence_pool = 0;
>>          u64 i;
>>
>>          /*
>> @@ -564,6 +593,10 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
>>          }
>>   #endif
>>
>> +       kfence_pool = arm64_kfence_alloc_pool();
>> +       if (kfence_pool)
>> +               memblock_mark_nomap(kfence_pool, KFENCE_POOL_SIZE);
>> +
>>          /* map all the memory banks */
>>          for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end) {
>>                  if (start >= end)
>> @@ -608,6 +641,17 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
>>                  }
>>          }
>>   #endif
>> +
>> +       /* Kfence pool needs page-level mapping */
>> +       if (kfence_pool) {
>> +               __map_memblock(pgdp, kfence_pool,
>> +                       kfence_pool + KFENCE_POOL_SIZE,
>> +                       pgprot_tagged(PAGE_KERNEL),
>> +                       NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS);
>> +               memblock_clear_nomap(kfence_pool, KFENCE_POOL_SIZE);
>> +               /* kfence_pool really mapped now */
>> +               kfence_set_pool(kfence_pool);
>> +       }
>>   }
>>
>>   void mark_rodata_ro(void)
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>> index 79dd201..61156d0 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
>> @@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ bool rodata_full __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RODATA_FULL_DEFAULT_ENABLED
>>   bool can_set_direct_map(void)
>>   {
>>          /*
>> -        * rodata_full, DEBUG_PAGEALLOC and KFENCE require linear map to be
>> +        * rodata_full and DEBUG_PAGEALLOC require linear map to be
>>           * mapped at page granularity, so that it is possible to
>>           * protect/unprotect single pages.
>>           */
>> -       return (rodata_enabled && rodata_full) || debug_pagealloc_enabled() ||
>> -               IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KFENCE);
>> +       return (rodata_enabled && rodata_full) || debug_pagealloc_enabled();
>>   }
>>
>>   static int change_page_range(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
>> diff --git a/include/linux/kfence.h b/include/linux/kfence.h
>> index 726857a..d982ac2 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/kfence.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/kfence.h
>> @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ static __always_inline bool is_kfence_address(const void *addr)
>>   void __init kfence_alloc_pool(void);
>>
>>   /**
>> + * kfence_set_pool() - KFENCE pool mapped and can be used
> 
> I don't understand the comment. Maybe just "allows an arch to set the
> KFENCE pool during early init"

What I want to emphasize is __kfence_pool can be used now :)
Sure, your comment is more clear.

> 
>> + */
>> +void __init kfence_set_pool(phys_addr_t addr);
>> +
>> +/**
>>    * kfence_init() - perform KFENCE initialization at boot time
>>    *
>>    * Requires that kfence_alloc_pool() was called before. This sets up the
>> @@ -222,8 +227,10 @@ bool __kfence_obj_info(struct kmem_obj_info *kpp, void *object, struct slab *sla
>>
>>   #else /* CONFIG_KFENCE */
>>
>> +#define KFENCE_POOL_SIZE 0
>>   static inline bool is_kfence_address(const void *addr) { return false; }
>>   static inline void kfence_alloc_pool(void) { }
>> +static inline void kfence_set_pool(phys_addr_t addr) { }
>>   static inline void kfence_init(void) { }
>>   static inline void kfence_shutdown_cache(struct kmem_cache *s) { }
>>   static inline void *kfence_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, size_t size, gfp_t flags) { return NULL; }
>> diff --git a/mm/kfence/core.c b/mm/kfence/core.c
>> index 5349c37..a17c20c2 100644
>> --- a/mm/kfence/core.c
>> +++ b/mm/kfence/core.c
>> @@ -814,12 +814,21 @@ void __init kfence_alloc_pool(void)
>>          if (!kfence_sample_interval)
>>                  return;
>>
>> +       /* if __kfence_pool already initialized in some arch, abort */
> 
> Abort sounds like it's a failure condition, but it's actually ok.
> 
> Maybe just write:
> 
>   /* Check if the pool has already been initialized by arch; if so,
> skip the below. */

Yes, your comment is more clear. Done.

> 
>> +       if (__kfence_pool)
>> +               return;
>> +
>>          __kfence_pool = memblock_alloc(KFENCE_POOL_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
>>
>>          if (!__kfence_pool)
>>                  pr_err("failed to allocate pool\n");
>>   }
>>
>> +void __init kfence_set_pool(phys_addr_t addr)
>> +{
>> +       __kfence_pool = phys_to_virt(addr);
>> +}
>> +
> 
> The rest looks good.

Updated patchset V 3 :)



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