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SubjectRe: [RFT][PATCH v1 5/6] vfio/ccw: Add kmap_local_page() for memcpy
On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 10:56:15AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

> > How about the updated commit log below? Thanks.
> >
> > The pinned PFN list returned from vfio_pin_pages() is converted using
> > page_to_pfn(), so direct access via memcpy() will crash on S390 if the
> > PFN is an IO PFN, as we have to use the memcpy_to/fromio(), which uses
> > the special s390 IO access instructions.
> >
> > As a standard practice for security purpose, add kmap_local_page() to
> > block any IO memory from ever getting into this call path.
>
> The kmap_local_page is not about the IO memory, the switch to struct
> page is what is protecting against IO memory.
>
> Use kmap_local_page() is just the correct way to convert a struct page
> into a CPU address to use with memcpy and it is a NOP on S390 because
> it doesn't use highmem/etc.

I thought the whole purpose of switching to "struct page *" was to use
kmap_local_page() for the memcpy call, and the combination of these two
does the protection. Do you mind explaining how the switching part does
the protection?

Thanks!

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