[RFC PATCH 6/7] execmem: add support for cache of large ROX pages

Mike Rapoport rppt at kernel.org
Thu Apr 11 09:05:25 PDT 2024


From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt at kernel.org>

Using large pages to map text areas reduces iTLB pressure and improves
performance.

Extend execmem_alloc() with an ability to use PMD_SIZE'ed pages with ROX
permissions as a cache for smaller allocations.

To populate the cache, a writable large page is allocated from vmalloc with
VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP, filled with invalid instructions and then remapped as
ROX.

Portions of that large page are handed out to execmem_alloc() callers
without any changes to the permissions.

When the memory is freed with execmem_free() it is invalidated again so
that it won't contain stale instructions.

The cache is enabled when an architecture sets EXECMEM_ROX_CACHE flag in
definition of an execmem_range.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt at kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/execmem.h |   2 +
 mm/execmem.c            | 267 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 262 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/execmem.h b/include/linux/execmem.h
index 9d22999dbd7d..06f678e6fe55 100644
--- a/include/linux/execmem.h
+++ b/include/linux/execmem.h
@@ -77,12 +77,14 @@ struct execmem_range {
 
 /**
  * struct execmem_info - architecture parameters for code allocations
+ * @invalidate: set memory to contain invalid instructions
  * @ranges: array of parameter sets defining architecture specific
  * parameters for executable memory allocations. The ranges that are not
  * explicitly initialized by an architecture use parameters defined for
  * @EXECMEM_DEFAULT.
  */
 struct execmem_info {
+	void (*invalidate)(void *ptr, size_t size, bool writable);
 	struct execmem_range	ranges[EXECMEM_TYPE_MAX];
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/execmem.c b/mm/execmem.c
index c920d2b5a721..716fba68ab0e 100644
--- a/mm/execmem.c
+++ b/mm/execmem.c
@@ -1,30 +1,88 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/execmem.h>
+#include <linux/maple_tree.h>
 #include <linux/moduleloader.h>
 #include <linux/text-patching.h>
 
+#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
 static struct execmem_info *execmem_info __ro_after_init;
 static struct execmem_info default_execmem_info __ro_after_init;
 
-static void *__execmem_alloc(struct execmem_range *range, size_t size)
+struct execmem_cache {
+	struct mutex mutex;
+	struct maple_tree busy_areas;
+	struct maple_tree free_areas;
+};
+
+static struct execmem_cache execmem_cache = {
+	.mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(execmem_cache.mutex),
+	.busy_areas = MTREE_INIT_EXT(busy_areas, MT_FLAGS_LOCK_EXTERN,
+				     execmem_cache.mutex),
+	.free_areas = MTREE_INIT_EXT(free_areas, MT_FLAGS_LOCK_EXTERN,
+				     execmem_cache.mutex),
+};
+
+static void execmem_cache_clean(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct maple_tree *free_areas = &execmem_cache.free_areas;
+	struct mutex *mutex = &execmem_cache.mutex;
+	MA_STATE(mas, free_areas, 0, ULONG_MAX);
+	void *area;
+
+	mutex_lock(mutex);
+	mas_for_each(&mas, area, ULONG_MAX) {
+		size_t size;
+
+		if (!xa_is_value(area))
+			continue;
+
+		size = xa_to_value(area);
+
+		if (IS_ALIGNED(size, PMD_SIZE) && IS_ALIGNED(mas.index, PMD_SIZE)) {
+			void *ptr = (void *)mas.index;
+
+			mas_erase(&mas);
+			vfree(ptr);
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(mutex);
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(execmem_cache_clean_work, execmem_cache_clean);
+
+static void execmem_invalidate(void *ptr, size_t size, bool writable)
+{
+	if (execmem_info->invalidate)
+		execmem_info->invalidate(ptr, size, writable);
+	else
+		memset(ptr, 0, size);
+}
+
+static void *execmem_vmalloc(struct execmem_range *range, size_t size,
+			     pgprot_t pgprot, unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
 	bool kasan = range->flags & EXECMEM_KASAN_SHADOW;
-	unsigned long vm_flags  = VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS;
 	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN;
+	unsigned int align = range->alignment;
 	unsigned long start = range->start;
 	unsigned long end = range->end;
-	unsigned int align = range->alignment;
-	pgprot_t pgprot = range->pgprot;
 	void *p;
 
 	if (kasan)
 		vm_flags |= VM_DEFER_KMEMLEAK;
 
-	p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, align, start, end, gfp_flags,
-				 pgprot, vm_flags, NUMA_NO_NODE,
+	if (vm_flags & VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP)
+		align = PMD_SIZE;
+
+	p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, align, start, end, gfp_flags, pgprot,
+				 vm_flags, NUMA_NO_NODE,
 				 __builtin_return_address(0));
 	if (!p && range->fallback_start) {
 		start = range->fallback_start;
@@ -44,6 +102,199 @@ static void *__execmem_alloc(struct execmem_range *range, size_t size)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	return p;
+}
+
+static int execmem_cache_add(void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	struct maple_tree *free_areas = &execmem_cache.free_areas;
+	struct mutex *mutex = &execmem_cache.mutex;
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)ptr;
+	MA_STATE(mas, free_areas, addr - 1, addr + 1);
+	unsigned long lower, lower_size = 0;
+	unsigned long upper, upper_size = 0;
+	unsigned long area_size;
+	void *area = NULL;
+	int err;
+
+	lower = addr;
+	upper = addr + size - 1;
+
+	mutex_lock(mutex);
+	area = mas_walk(&mas);
+	if (area && xa_is_value(area) && mas.last == addr - 1) {
+		lower = mas.index;
+		lower_size = xa_to_value(area);
+	}
+
+	area = mas_next(&mas, ULONG_MAX);
+	if (area && xa_is_value(area) && mas.index == addr + size) {
+		upper = mas.last;
+		upper_size = xa_to_value(area);
+	}
+
+	mas_set_range(&mas, lower, upper);
+	area_size = lower_size + upper_size + size;
+	err = mas_store_gfp(&mas, xa_mk_value(area_size), GFP_KERNEL);
+	mutex_unlock(mutex);
+	if (err)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void *__execmem_cache_alloc(size_t size)
+{
+	struct maple_tree *free_areas = &execmem_cache.free_areas;
+	struct maple_tree *busy_areas = &execmem_cache.busy_areas;
+	MA_STATE(mas_free, free_areas, 0, ULONG_MAX);
+	MA_STATE(mas_busy, busy_areas, 0, ULONG_MAX);
+	struct mutex *mutex = &execmem_cache.mutex;
+	unsigned long addr, last, area_size = 0;
+	void *area, *ptr = NULL;
+	int err;
+
+	mutex_lock(mutex);
+	mas_for_each(&mas_free, area, ULONG_MAX) {
+		area_size = xa_to_value(area);
+		if (area_size >= size)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (area_size < size)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	addr = mas_free.index;
+	last = mas_free.last;
+
+	/* insert allocated size to busy_areas at range [addr, addr + size) */
+	mas_set_range(&mas_busy, addr, addr + size - 1);
+	err = mas_store_gfp(&mas_busy, xa_mk_value(size), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	mas_erase(&mas_free);
+	if (area_size > size) {
+		/*
+		 * re-insert remaining free size to free_areas at range
+		 * [addr + size, last]
+		 */
+		mas_set_range(&mas_free, addr + size, last);
+		size = area_size - size;
+		err = mas_store_gfp(&mas_free, xa_mk_value(size), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (err) {
+			mas_erase(&mas_busy);
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+	}
+	ptr = (void *)addr;
+
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(mutex);
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+static int execmem_cache_populate(struct execmem_range *range, size_t size)
+{
+	unsigned long vm_flags = VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS | VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP;
+	unsigned long start, end;
+	struct vm_struct *vm;
+	size_t alloc_size;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	void *p;
+
+	alloc_size = round_up(size, PMD_SIZE);
+	p = execmem_vmalloc(range, alloc_size, PAGE_KERNEL, vm_flags);
+	if (!p)
+		return err;
+
+	vm = find_vm_area(p);
+	if (!vm)
+		goto err_free_mem;
+
+	/* fill memory with invalid instructions */
+	execmem_invalidate(p, alloc_size, /* writable = */ true);
+
+	start = (unsigned long)p;
+	end = start + alloc_size;
+
+	vunmap_range_noflush(start, end);
+	flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, end);
+
+	/* FIXME: handle direct map alias */
+
+	err = vmap_pages_range_noflush(start, end, range->pgprot, vm->pages,
+				       PMD_SHIFT);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_free_mem;
+
+	err = execmem_cache_add(p, alloc_size);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_free_mem;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_free_mem:
+	vfree(p);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void *execmem_cache_alloc(struct execmem_range *range, size_t size)
+{
+	void *p;
+	int err;
+
+	p = __execmem_cache_alloc(size);
+	if (p)
+		return p;
+
+	err = execmem_cache_populate(range, size);
+	if (err)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return __execmem_cache_alloc(size);
+}
+
+static bool execmem_cache_free(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct maple_tree *busy_areas = &execmem_cache.busy_areas;
+	struct mutex *mutex = &execmem_cache.mutex;
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)ptr;
+	MA_STATE(mas, busy_areas, addr, addr);
+	size_t size;
+	void *area;
+
+	mutex_lock(mutex);
+	area = mas_walk(&mas);
+	if (!area) {
+		mutex_unlock(mutex);
+		return false;
+	}
+	size = xa_to_value(area);
+	mas_erase(&mas);
+	mutex_unlock(mutex);
+
+	execmem_invalidate(ptr, size, /* writable = */ false);
+
+	execmem_cache_add(ptr, size);
+
+	schedule_work(&execmem_cache_clean_work);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void *__execmem_alloc(struct execmem_range *range, size_t size)
+{
+	bool use_cache = range->flags & EXECMEM_ROX_CACHE;
+	unsigned long vm_flags = VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS;
+	pgprot_t pgprot = range->pgprot;
+	void *p;
+
+	if (use_cache)
+		p = execmem_cache_alloc(range, size);
+	else
+		p = execmem_vmalloc(range, size, pgprot, vm_flags);
+
 	return kasan_reset_tag(p);
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +312,9 @@ void execmem_free(void *ptr)
 	 * supported by vmalloc.
 	 */
 	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
-	vfree(ptr);
+
+	if (!execmem_cache_free(ptr))
+		vfree(ptr);
 }
 
 void *execmem_update_copy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
-- 
2.43.0




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