[PATCH 2/6] powerpc/pseries: Add key to flags in pSeries_lpar_hpte_updateboltedpp()

Daniel Axtens dja at axtens.net
Tue Feb 16 16:39:45 AEDT 2021


Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> writes:

> The flags argument to plpar_pte_protect() (aka. H_PROTECT), includes
> the key in bits 9-13, but currently we always set those bits to zero.
>
> In the past that hasn't been a problem because we always used key 0
> for the kernel, and updateboltedpp() is only used for kernel mappings.
>
> However since commit d94b827e89dc ("powerpc/book3s64/kuap: Use Key 3
> for kernel mapping with hash translation") we are now inadvertently
> changing the key (to zero) when we call plpar_pte_protect().
>
> That hasn't broken anything because updateboltedpp() is only used for
> STRICT_KERNEL_RWX, which is currently disabled on 64s due to other
> bugs.
>
> But we want to fix that, so first we need to pass the key correctly to
> plpar_pte_protect(). In the `newpp` value the low 3 bits of the key
> are already in the correct spot, but the high 2 bits of the key need
> to be shifted down.
>
> Fixes: d94b827e89dc ("powerpc/book3s64/kuap: Use Key 3 for kernel mapping with hash translation")
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> index 764170fdb0f7..8bbbddff7226 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> @@ -976,11 +976,13 @@ static void pSeries_lpar_hpte_updateboltedpp(unsigned long newpp,
>  	slot = pSeries_lpar_hpte_find(vpn, psize, ssize);
>  	BUG_ON(slot == -1);
>  
> -	flags = newpp & 7;
> +	flags = newpp & (HPTE_R_PP | HPTE_R_N);
>  	if (mmu_has_feature(MMU_FTR_KERNEL_RO))
>  		/* Move pp0 into bit 8 (IBM 55) */
>  		flags |= (newpp & HPTE_R_PP0) >> 55;
>  
> +	flags |= ((newpp & HPTE_R_KEY_HI) >> 48) | (newpp & HPTE_R_KEY_LO);
> +

I'm really confused about how these bits are getting packed into the
flags parameter. It seems to match how they are unpacked in
kvmppc_h_pr_protect, but I cannot figure out why they are packed in that
order, and the LoPAR doesn't seem especially illuminating on this topic
- although I may have missed the relevant section.

Kind regards,
Daniel

>  	lpar_rc = plpar_pte_protect(flags, slot, 0);
>  
>  	BUG_ON(lpar_rc != H_SUCCESS);
> -- 
> 2.25.1


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