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authorKevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>2025-11-19 13:00:16 +0000
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2025-12-15 12:01:08 +0000
commitb7737c38e7cb611c2fbd87af3b09afeb92c96fe7 (patch)
tree21ff0521c01be55e5f498fc829152d59f3aa2bec
parent8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8 (diff)
arm64: mm: Simplify check in arch_kfence_init_pool()
TL;DR: checking force_pte_mapping() in arch_kfence_init_pool() is sufficient Commit ce2b3a50ad92 ("arm64: mm: Don't sleep in split_kernel_leaf_mapping() when in atomic context") recently added an arm64 implementation of arch_kfence_init_pool() to ensure that the KFENCE pool is PTE-mapped. Assuming that the pool was not initialised early, block splitting is necessary if the linear mapping is not fully PTE-mapped, in other words if force_pte_mapping() is false. arch_kfence_init_pool() currently makes another check: whether BBML2-noabort is supported, i.e. whether we are *able* to split block mappings. This check is however unnecessary, because force_pte_mapping() is always true if KFENCE is enabled and BBML2-noabort is not supported. This must be the case by design, since KFENCE requires PTE-mapped pages in all cases. We can therefore remove that check. The situation is different in split_kernel_leaf_mapping(), as that function is called unconditionally regardless of the configuration. If BBML2-noabort is not supported, it cannot do anything and bails out. If force_pte_mapping() is true, there is nothing to do and it also bails out, but these are independent checks. Commit 53357f14f924 ("arm64: mm: Tidy up force_pte_mapping()") grouped these checks into a helper, split_leaf_mapping_possible(). This isn't so helpful as only split_kernel_leaf_mapping() should check both. Revert the parts of that commit that introduced the helper, reintroducing the more accurate comments in split_kernel_leaf_mapping(). Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c33
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 9ae7ce00a7ef..8e1d80a7033e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -767,18 +767,6 @@ static inline bool force_pte_mapping(void)
return rodata_full || arm64_kfence_can_set_direct_map() || is_realm_world();
}
-static inline bool split_leaf_mapping_possible(void)
-{
- /*
- * !BBML2_NOABORT systems should never run into scenarios where we would
- * have to split. So exit early and let calling code detect it and raise
- * a warning.
- */
- if (!system_supports_bbml2_noabort())
- return false;
- return !force_pte_mapping();
-}
-
static DEFINE_MUTEX(pgtable_split_lock);
int split_kernel_leaf_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
@@ -786,11 +774,22 @@ int split_kernel_leaf_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
int ret;
/*
- * Exit early if the region is within a pte-mapped area or if we can't
- * split. For the latter case, the permission change code will raise a
- * warning if not already pte-mapped.
+ * !BBML2_NOABORT systems should not be trying to change permissions on
+ * anything that is not pte-mapped in the first place. Just return early
+ * and let the permission change code raise a warning if not already
+ * pte-mapped.
*/
- if (!split_leaf_mapping_possible() || is_kfence_address((void *)start))
+ if (!system_supports_bbml2_noabort())
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * If the region is within a pte-mapped area, there is no need to try to
+ * split. Additionally, CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC and CONFIG_KFENCE may
+ * change permissions from atomic context so for those cases (which are
+ * always pte-mapped), we must not go any further because taking the
+ * mutex below may sleep.
+ */
+ if (force_pte_mapping() || is_kfence_address((void *)start))
return 0;
/*
@@ -1089,7 +1088,7 @@ bool arch_kfence_init_pool(void)
int ret;
/* Exit early if we know the linear map is already pte-mapped. */
- if (!split_leaf_mapping_possible())
+ if (force_pte_mapping())
return true;
/* Kfence pool is already pte-mapped for the early init case. */