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authorWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2012-01-20 11:01:13 (GMT)
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2012-03-24 09:38:51 (GMT)
commitf9d4861fc32b995b1616775614459b8f266c803c (patch)
tree187d7bfa7ff0418f2762d38c9c553331e602faf1 /arch/arm
parent195864cf3d6f5b6b743793bda3aaa2ff65d322ae (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-f9d4861fc32b995b1616775614459b8f266c803c.tar.xz
ARM: 7294/1: vectors: use gate_vma for vectors user mapping
The current user mapping for the vectors page is inserted as a `horrible hack vma' into each task via arch_setup_additional_pages. This causes problems with the MM subsystem and vm_normal_page, as described here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/14/55 Following the suggestion from Hugh in the above thread, this patch uses the gate_vma for the vectors user mapping, therefore consolidating the horrible hack VMAs into one. Acked-and-Tested-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h4
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h29
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/page.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/process.c38
4 files changed, 31 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
index 0e9ce8d..38050b1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -130,8 +130,4 @@ struct mm_struct;
extern unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm);
#define arch_randomize_brk arch_randomize_brk
-extern int vectors_user_mapping(void);
-#define arch_setup_additional_pages(bprm, uses_interp) vectors_user_mapping()
-#define ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES
-
#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 71605d9..a0b3cac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/cachetype.h>
#include <asm/proc-fns.h>
+#include <asm-generic/mm_hooks.h>
void __check_kvm_seq(struct mm_struct *mm);
@@ -133,32 +134,4 @@ switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
#define deactivate_mm(tsk,mm) do { } while (0)
#define activate_mm(prev,next) switch_mm(prev, next, NULL)
-/*
- * We are inserting a "fake" vma for the user-accessible vector page so
- * gdb and friends can get to it through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
- * But we also want to remove it before the generic code gets to see it
- * during process exit or the unmapping of it would cause total havoc.
- * (the macro is used as remove_vma() is static to mm/mmap.c)
- */
-#define arch_exit_mmap(mm) \
-do { \
- struct vm_area_struct *high_vma = find_vma(mm, 0xffff0000); \
- if (high_vma) { \
- BUG_ON(high_vma->vm_next); /* it should be last */ \
- if (high_vma->vm_prev) \
- high_vma->vm_prev->vm_next = NULL; \
- else \
- mm->mmap = NULL; \
- rb_erase(&high_vma->vm_rb, &mm->mm_rb); \
- mm->mmap_cache = NULL; \
- mm->map_count--; \
- remove_vma(high_vma); \
- } \
-} while (0)
-
-static inline void arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
- struct mm_struct *mm)
-{
-}
-
#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
index 97b440c..5838361 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ extern void __cpu_copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,
#define clear_page(page) memset((void *)(page), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
extern void copy_page(void *to, const void *from);
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA 1
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
#include <asm/pgtable-3level-types.h>
#else
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 971d65c..e11b523 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -526,22 +526,40 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm)
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
/*
* The vectors page is always readable from user space for the
- * atomic helpers and the signal restart code. Let's declare a mapping
- * for it so it is visible through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
+ * atomic helpers and the signal restart code. Insert it into the
+ * gate_vma so that it is visible through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem.
*/
+static struct vm_area_struct gate_vma;
-int vectors_user_mapping(void)
+static int __init gate_vma_init(void)
{
- struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
- return install_special_mapping(mm, 0xffff0000, PAGE_SIZE,
- VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
- VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC |
- VM_ALWAYSDUMP | VM_RESERVED,
- NULL);
+ gate_vma.vm_start = 0xffff0000;
+ gate_vma.vm_end = 0xffff0000 + PAGE_SIZE;
+ gate_vma.vm_page_prot = PAGE_READONLY_EXEC;
+ gate_vma.vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_EXEC |
+ VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYEXEC |
+ VM_ALWAYSDUMP;
+ return 0;
+}
+arch_initcall(gate_vma_init);
+
+struct vm_area_struct *get_gate_vma(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ return &gate_vma;
+}
+
+int in_gate_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return (addr >= gate_vma.vm_start) && (addr < gate_vma.vm_end);
+}
+
+int in_gate_area_no_mm(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ return in_gate_area(NULL, addr);
}
const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
- return (vma->vm_start == 0xffff0000) ? "[vectors]" : NULL;
+ return (vma == &gate_vma) ? "[vectors]" : NULL;
}
#endif