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Subject[tip: core/mm] x86/ldt: Use tlb_gather_mmu_fullmm() when freeing LDT page-tables
The following commit has been merged into the core/mm branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 8cf55f24ce6cf90eb8828421e15e9efcd508bd2c
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/8cf55f24ce6cf90eb8828421e15e9efcd508bd2c
Author: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:53:47
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:02:29 +01:00

x86/ldt: Use tlb_gather_mmu_fullmm() when freeing LDT page-tables

free_ldt_pgtables() uses the MMU gather API for batching TLB flushes
over the call to free_pgd_range(). However, tlb_gather_mmu() expects
to operate on user addresses and so passing LDT_{BASE,END}_ADDR will
confuse the range setting logic in __tlb_adjust_range(), causing the
gather to identify a range starting at TASK_SIZE. Such a large range
will be converted into a 'fullmm' flush by the low-level invalidation
code, so change the caller to invoke tlb_gather_mmu_fullmm() directly.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210127235347.1402-7-will@kernel.org
---
arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
index 7ad9834..aa15132 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
@@ -398,7 +398,13 @@ static void free_ldt_pgtables(struct mm_struct *mm)
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI))
return;

- tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm);
+ /*
+ * Although free_pgd_range() is intended for freeing user
+ * page-tables, it also works out for kernel mappings on x86.
+ * We use tlb_gather_mmu_fullmm() to avoid confusing the
+ * range-tracking logic in __tlb_adjust_range().
+ */
+ tlb_gather_mmu_fullmm(&tlb, mm);
free_pgd_range(&tlb, start, end, start, end);
tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
#endif
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