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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm_types.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 43 |
3 files changed, 47 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index c97ea3b694e6..0157d293935f 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -2533,6 +2533,8 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t pgprot); vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pfn_t pfn); +vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, + pfn_t pfn, pgprot_t pgprot); vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pfn_t pfn); int vm_iomap_memory(struct vm_area_struct *vma, phys_addr_t start, unsigned long len); diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h index 270aa8fd2800..e5f0080b4e15 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h @@ -312,7 +312,12 @@ struct vm_area_struct { /* Second cache line starts here. */ struct mm_struct *vm_mm; /* The address space we belong to. */ - pgprot_t vm_page_prot; /* Access permissions of this VMA. */ + + /* + * Access permissions of this VMA. + * See vmf_insert_mixed_prot() for discussion. + */ + pgprot_t vm_page_prot; unsigned long vm_flags; /* Flags, see mm.h. */ /* diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 606da187d1de..f5e1fe1d5331 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -1664,6 +1664,9 @@ out_unlock: * vmf_insert_pfn_prot should only be used if using multiple VMAs is * impractical. * + * See vmf_insert_mixed_prot() for a discussion of the implication of using + * a value of @pgprot different from that of @vma->vm_page_prot. + * * Context: Process context. May allocate using %GFP_KERNEL. * Return: vm_fault_t value. */ @@ -1737,9 +1740,9 @@ static bool vm_mixed_ok(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pfn_t pfn) } static vm_fault_t __vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, - unsigned long addr, pfn_t pfn, bool mkwrite) + unsigned long addr, pfn_t pfn, pgprot_t pgprot, + bool mkwrite) { - pgprot_t pgprot = vma->vm_page_prot; int err; BUG_ON(!vm_mixed_ok(vma, pfn)); @@ -1782,10 +1785,42 @@ static vm_fault_t __vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE; } +/** + * vmf_insert_mixed_prot - insert single pfn into user vma with specified pgprot + * @vma: user vma to map to + * @addr: target user address of this page + * @pfn: source kernel pfn + * @pgprot: pgprot flags for the inserted page + * + * This is exactly like vmf_insert_mixed(), except that it allows drivers to + * to override pgprot on a per-page basis. + * + * Typically this function should be used by drivers to set caching- and + * encryption bits different than those of @vma->vm_page_prot, because + * the caching- or encryption mode may not be known at mmap() time. + * This is ok as long as @vma->vm_page_prot is not used by the core vm + * to set caching and encryption bits for those vmas (except for COW pages). + * This is ensured by core vm only modifying these page table entries using + * functions that don't touch caching- or encryption bits, using pte_modify() + * if needed. (See for example mprotect()). + * Also when new page-table entries are created, this is only done using the + * fault() callback, and never using the value of vma->vm_page_prot, + * except for page-table entries that point to anonymous pages as the result + * of COW. + * + * Context: Process context. May allocate using %GFP_KERNEL. + * Return: vm_fault_t value. + */ +vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, + pfn_t pfn, pgprot_t pgprot) +{ + return __vm_insert_mixed(vma, addr, pfn, pgprot, false); +} + vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pfn_t pfn) { - return __vm_insert_mixed(vma, addr, pfn, false); + return __vm_insert_mixed(vma, addr, pfn, vma->vm_page_prot, false); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmf_insert_mixed); @@ -1797,7 +1832,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmf_insert_mixed); vm_fault_t vmf_insert_mixed_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pfn_t pfn) { - return __vm_insert_mixed(vma, addr, pfn, true); + return __vm_insert_mixed(vma, addr, pfn, vma->vm_page_prot, true); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmf_insert_mixed_mkwrite); |