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

[Ram Pai]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 12:21:50PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> That should be be a feature check
> 
> > b) if the PAGE size is 4k.
> 
> That is a kernel config change
> 
> > c) if the device tree says the feature is not available
> > d) if the CPU is of a older generation. P6 and older.
> 
> Both feature check.
> 
> how about doing something like
> 
> static inline u16 pte_to_pkey_bits(u64 pteflags)
> {
> 	if (!(pteflags & H_PAGE_KEY_MASK))
> 		return 0x0UL;

This check accomplishes the same thing as the return below.
When (pteflag & H_PAGE_KEY_MASK) is 0,
the code below returns the same 0x0UL. 



> 
> 	return (((pteflags & H_PAGE_PKEY_BIT0) ? 0x10 : 0x0UL) |
> 		((pteflags & H_PAGE_PKEY_BIT1) ? 0x8 : 0x0UL) |
> 		((pteflags & H_PAGE_PKEY_BIT2) ? 0x4 : 0x0UL) |
> 		((pteflags & H_PAGE_PKEY_BIT3) ? 0x2 : 0x0UL) |
> 		((pteflags & H_PAGE_PKEY_BIT4) ? 0x1 : 0x0UL));
> }

The idea  behind
	       if (!pkey_inited)
	               return 0x0UL;

was to not interpret the ptebits if we knew they were not initialized
to begin with. 


-- 
Ram Pai