[PATCH 1/2] Enable storage keys for radix - user mode execution

Balbir Singh bsingharora at gmail.com
Mon Aug 22 18:07:00 AEST 2016


On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:32:44AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Balbir Singh <bsingharora at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > ISA 3 defines new encoded access authority that allows instruction
> > access prevention in privileged mode and allows normal access
> > to problem state. This patch just enables IAMR (Instruction Authority
> > Mask Register), enabling AMR would require more work.
> >
> 
> Don't we need to do them in hypervisor mode. Ie, the hypervisor setup
> things such that guest privileged mode cannot execute guest userspace.

Yes, true!

> 
> > I've tested this with a buggy driver and a simple payload. The payload
> > is specific to the build I've tested.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
> > index af897d9..9e25663 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-radix.c
> > @@ -294,6 +294,27 @@ found:
> >  	return;
> >  }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * For radix page tables we setup, the IAMR values as follows
> > + * IMAR = 0100...00 (key 0 is set to 1)
> > + * AMOR = 1100....00 (Mask for key 0 is 11)
> > + * AMR, UAMR, UAMOR are not affected
> > + */
> > +static void __init radix_init_iamr(void)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long iamr_mask = 0x4000000000000000;
> > +	unsigned long iamr = mfspr(SPRN_IAMR);
> > +
> > +	unsigned long amor_mask = 0xc000000000000000;
> > +	unsigned long amor = mfspr(SPRN_AMOR);
> 
> Isn't AMOR hypervisor privileged ?.
>

You are right, I should split the AMOR initialization
to be HV only. IAMR is saved/restored during guest exit/entry.

So, the AMOR initialization needs to move.

I'll post a v2

Balbir Singh.


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