[PATCH 01/10] x86/pkeys: Add fault handling for PF_PK page fault bit
Tim Gardner
tim.gardner at canonical.com
Wed Oct 19 15:09:01 UTC 2016
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen at linux.intel.com>
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591804
PF_PK means that a memory access violated the protection key
access restrictions. It is unconditionally an access_error()
because the permissions set on the VMA don't matter (the PKRU
value overrides it), and we never "resolve" PK faults (like
how a COW can "resolve write fault).
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen at linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman at techsingularity.net>
Cc: linux-arch at vger.kernel.org
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net>
Cc: arnd at arndb.de
Cc: linux-api at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm at kvack.org
Cc: luto at kernel.org
Cc: akpm at linux-foundation.org
Cc: torvalds at linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160729163010.DD1FE1ED@viggo.jf.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
(cherry picked from commit e8c6226d483cb28f55cab718065ea1b7226d40e8)
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
---
arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index dc80230..b88d8ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -1112,6 +1112,15 @@ access_error(unsigned long error_code, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
/* This is only called for the current mm, so: */
bool foreign = false;
+
+ /*
+ * Read or write was blocked by protection keys. This is
+ * always an unconditional error and can never result in
+ * a follow-up action to resolve the fault, like a COW.
+ */
+ if (error_code & PF_PK)
+ return 1;
+
/*
* Make sure to check the VMA so that we do not perform
* faults just to hit a PF_PK as soon as we fill in a
--
2.7.4
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