Re: [PATCH v10 22/40] arm64/mm: Implement map_shadow_stack()

On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 01:06:49PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(map_shadow_stack, unsigned long, addr, unsigned long, size, unsigned int, flags) +{

• unsigned long alloc_size;
• unsigned long __user *cap_ptr;
• unsigned long cap_val;
• int ret = 0;
• int cap_offset;
• if (!system_supports_gcs())

• return -EOPNOTSUPP;
  

• if (flags & ~(SHADOW_STACK_SET_TOKEN | SHADOW_STACK_SET_MARKER))

• return -EINVAL;
  

• if (addr && (addr % PAGE_SIZE))

• return -EINVAL;
  

• if (size == 8 || size % 8)

• return -EINVAL;
  

Nitpicks: use PAGE_ALIGNED and IS_ALIGNED(size, 8).

• /*

• * An overflow would result in attempting to write the restore token
  

• * to the wrong location. Not catastrophic, but just return the right
  

• * error code and block it.
  

• */
  

• alloc_size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
• if (alloc_size < size)

• return -EOVERFLOW;
  

• addr = alloc_gcs(addr, alloc_size);
• if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr))

• return addr;
  

• /*

• * Put a cap token at the end of the allocated region so it
  

• * can be switched to.
  

• */
  

• if (flags & SHADOW_STACK_SET_TOKEN) {

• /* Leave an extra empty frame as a top of stack marker? */
  

• if (flags & SHADOW_STACK_SET_MARKER)
  

• 	cap_offset = 2;
  

• else
  

• 	cap_offset = 1;
  

• cap_ptr = (unsigned long __user *)(addr + size -
  

• 				   (cap_offset * sizeof(unsigned long)));
  

• cap_val = GCS_CAP(cap_ptr);
  

• put_user_gcs(cap_val, cap_ptr, &ret);
  

• if (ret != 0) {
  

• 	vm_munmap(addr, size);
  

• 	return -EFAULT;
  

• }
  

• /* Ensure the new cap is viaible for GCS */
  

• gcsb_dsync();
  

s/viaible/visible/

On the comment itself, the barrier does not ensure visibility in absolute term, it's all about ordering relative to other accesses. It might be good to clarify what we actually need in terms of ordering. One aspect came up in an earlier patch was around thread creation. For the current CPU, subsequent GCS accesses in program order will see this token. Classic LDR/STR won't without the barrier. I think this matters when we check the token in the clone3() implementation. Maybe write something along the lines of "ensure the new cap is ordered before standard memory accesses to the same location".

Anyway, the patch looks fine.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas@arm.com