Re: [PATCHv11.1 04/16] x86/mm: Handle LAM on context switch

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Tue Nov 08 2022 - 22:54:55 EST


On 11/7/22 13:35, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
Linear Address Masking mode for userspace pointers encoded in CR3 bits.
The mode is selected per-process and stored in mm_context_t.

switch_mm_irqs_off() now respects selected LAM mode and constructs CR3
accordingly.

The active LAM mode gets recorded in the tlb_state.


+static inline unsigned long mm_lam_cr3_mask(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ return mm->context.lam_cr3_mask;

READ_ONCE -- otherwise this has a data race and might generate sanitizer complaints.

+}

@@ -491,6 +496,8 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
{
struct mm_struct *real_prev = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm);
u16 prev_asid = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm_asid);
+ unsigned long prev_lam = tlbstate_lam_cr3_mask();
+ unsigned long new_lam = mm_lam_cr3_mask(next);

So I'm reading this again after drinking a cup of coffee. new_lam is next's LAM mask according to mm_struct (and thus can change asynchronously due to a remote CPU). prev_lam is based on tlbstate and can't change asynchronously, at least not with IRQs off.


bool was_lazy = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate_shared.is_lazy);
unsigned cpu = smp_processor_id();
u64 next_tlb_gen;
@@ -520,7 +527,7 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
* isn't free.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(__read_cr3() != build_cr3(real_prev->pgd, prev_asid))) {
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(__read_cr3() != build_cr3(real_prev->pgd, prev_asid, prev_lam))) {

So is the only purpose of tlbstate_lam_cr3_mask() to enable this warning to work?

/*
* If we were to BUG here, we'd be very likely to kill
* the system so hard that we don't see the call trace.
@@ -552,9 +559,15 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
* instruction.
*/
if (real_prev == next) {
+ /* Not actually switching mm's */
VM_WARN_ON(this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.ctxs[prev_asid].ctx_id) !=
next->context.ctx_id);
+ /*
+ * If this races with another thread that enables lam, 'new_lam'
+ * might not match 'prev_lam'.
+ */
+

Indeed.

/*
* Even in lazy TLB mode, the CPU should stay set in the
* mm_cpumask. The TLB shootdown code can figure out from
@@ -622,15 +635,16 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
barrier();
}

@@ -691,6 +705,10 @@ void initialize_tlbstate_and_flush(void)
/* Assert that CR3 already references the right mm. */
WARN_ON((cr3 & CR3_ADDR_MASK) != __pa(mm->pgd));
+ /* LAM expected to be disabled in CR3 and init_mm */
+ WARN_ON(cr3 & (X86_CR3_LAM_U48 | X86_CR3_LAM_U57));
+ WARN_ON(mm_lam_cr3_mask(&init_mm));
+

I think the callers all have init_mm selected, but the rest of this function is not really written with this assumption. (But it does force ASID 0, which is at least a bizarre thing to do for non-init-mm.)

What's the purpose of this warning? I'm okay with keeping it, but maybe also add a warning that fires if mm != &init_mm.