[PATCH 09/25] powerpc: ability to create execute-disabled pkeys

Balbir Singh bsingharora at gmail.com
Wed Oct 18 14:42:56 AEDT 2017


On Fri,  8 Sep 2017 15:44:57 -0700
Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com> wrote:

> powerpc has hardware support to disable execute on a pkey.
> This patch enables the ability to create execute-disabled
> keys.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram at us.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h |    6 ++++++
>  arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c              |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
> index ab45cc2..f272b09 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
> @@ -45,4 +45,10 @@
>  #define MAP_HUGE_1GB	(30 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)	/* 1GB   HugeTLB Page */
>  #define MAP_HUGE_16GB	(34 << MAP_HUGE_SHIFT)	/* 16GB  HugeTLB Page */
>  
> +/* override any generic PKEY Permission defines */
> +#define PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE   0x4
> +#undef PKEY_ACCESS_MASK
> +#define PKEY_ACCESS_MASK       (PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS |\
> +				PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE  |\
> +				PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE)
>  #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_POWERPC_MMAN_H */
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
> index cc5be6a..2282864 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ void __init pkey_initialize(void)
>  {
>  	int os_reserved, i;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * we define PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE in addition to the arch-neutral
> +	 * generic defines for PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS and PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE.
> +	 * Ensure that the bits a distinct.
> +	 */
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE &
> +		     (PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS | PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE));

Will these values every change? It's good to have I guess.

> +
>  	/* disable the pkey system till everything
>  	 * is in place. A patch further down the
>  	 * line will enable it.
> @@ -120,10 +128,18 @@ int __arch_set_user_pkey_access(struct task_struct *tsk, int pkey,
>  		unsigned long init_val)
>  {
>  	u64 new_amr_bits = 0x0ul;
> +	u64 new_iamr_bits = 0x0ul;
>  
>  	if (!is_pkey_enabled(pkey))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	if ((init_val & PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE)) {
> +		if (!pkey_execute_disable_support)
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		new_iamr_bits |= IAMR_EX_BIT;
> +	}
> +	init_iamr(pkey, new_iamr_bits);
> +

Where do we check the reserved keys?

Balbir Singh.


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