[RFC v6 27/62] powerpc: helper to validate key-access permissions of a pte

[Ram Pai]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 12:12:47PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > helper function that checks if the read/write/execute is allowed
> > on the pte.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h |    4 +++
> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h             |   12 +++++++++
> >  arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c                      |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
> > index 30d7f55..0056e58 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h
> > @@ -472,6 +472,10 @@ static inline void write_uamor(u64 value)
> >  	mtspr(SPRN_UAMOR, value);
> >  }
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
> > +extern bool arch_pte_access_permitted(u64 pte, bool write, bool execute);
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS */
> > +
> >  #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_GET_AND_CLEAR
> >  static inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
> >  				       unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
> > index bbb5d85..7a9aade 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pkeys.h
> > @@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ static inline u64 pte_to_hpte_pkey_bits(u64 pteflags)
> >  		((pteflags & H_PAGE_PKEY_BIT4) ? HPTE_R_KEY_BIT4 : 0x0UL));
> >  }
> >
> > +static inline u16 pte_to_pkey_bits(u64 pteflags)
> > +{
> > +	if (!pkey_inited)
> > +		return 0x0UL;
> 
> Do we really need that above check ? We should always find it
> peky_inited to be set. 

Yes. there are cases where pkey_inited is not enabled. 
a) if the MMU is radix.
b) if the PAGE size is 4k.
c) if the device tree says the feature is not available
d) if the CPU is of a older generation. P6 and older.

RP