From patchwork Wed Aug 21 16:47:29 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Catalin Marinas X-Patchwork-Id: 11107511 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62DF7112C for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:48:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4065322D6D for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:48:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.b="FxBZMlsf" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 4065322D6D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-arm-kernel-bounces+patchwork-linux-arm=patchwork.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Cc:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To: Message-Id:Date:Subject:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=jeeW3ubreWHkCtyDIb1dLIlyx0JWrH3+DNceiqD8bp0=; b=FxBZMlsfOsaxYi uA5kCLFH+CMb2UpBNvulKvckpoqn+UeHa7rjVaVlWTu4MrBlFZdC6SezHTAQU7KsIk6/Vs0m75mIY 5tVvUb8bwtteur6DPZC2i7LMoZ9Rv87OjuleSNo7zIOLob2wuoj60eXu+1xBBNMlOX03qA6jj4+zs PKfMNEeKXLNSgNP9ymfWrizA/YSgbCkG5DFAmzLf7hra58j4kpUCnXdQKZlI8nbxqlrKF+/7Ar//K N2+DUgoAO8uP3gtE0Sk9wJyWQIod+EQnChhmpuKXMsoHae7MB6m0ahfgzVBhGXz5/V1mpSbRWvxyA vAqfkEzRjJTPvGGmGfPg==; Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1i0Tma-00012s-Ki; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:48:24 +0000 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.110.172]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1i0Tlz-0000NK-4T for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:47:50 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D6CA1596; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:47:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arrakis.cambridge.arm.com (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D2C3D3F718; Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:47:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Catalin Marinas To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: [PATCH v9 2/3] arm64: Define Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:47:29 +0100 Message-Id: <20190821164730.47450-3-catalin.marinas@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.23.0.rc0 In-Reply-To: <20190821164730.47450-1-catalin.marinas@arm.com> References: <20190821164730.47450-1-catalin.marinas@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20190821_094747_302344_76DDBFF8 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 19.70 ) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.4.2 on bombadil.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (0.0 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 SPF_HELO_NONE SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Szabolcs Nagy , Andrey Konovalov , Kevin Brodsky , Will Deacon , Dave Hansen , Andrew Morton , Vincenzo Frascino , Will Deacon , Dave P Martin Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+patchwork-linux-arm=patchwork.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org From: Vincenzo Frascino On AArch64 the TCR_EL1.TBI0 bit is set by default, allowing userspace (EL0) to perform memory accesses through 64-bit pointers with a non-zero top byte. Introduce the document describing the relaxation of the syscall ABI that allows userspace to pass certain tagged pointers to kernel syscalls. Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Andrey Konovalov Cc: Szabolcs Nagy Cc: Kevin Brodsky Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino Co-developed-by: Catalin Marinas Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas Acked-by: Andrey Konovalov Acked-by: Kevin Brodsky --- Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst | 156 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 156 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst b/Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d4a85d535bf9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +========================== +AArch64 TAGGED ADDRESS ABI +========================== + +Authors: Vincenzo Frascino + Catalin Marinas + +Date: 21 August 2019 + +This document describes the usage and semantics of the Tagged Address +ABI on AArch64 Linux. + +1. Introduction +--------------- + +On AArch64 the ``TCR_EL1.TBI0`` bit is set by default, allowing +userspace (EL0) to perform memory accesses through 64-bit pointers with +a non-zero top byte. This document describes the relaxation of the +syscall ABI that allows userspace to pass certain tagged pointers to +kernel syscalls. + +2. AArch64 Tagged Address ABI +----------------------------- + +From the kernel syscall interface perspective and for the purposes of +this document, a "valid tagged pointer" is a pointer with a potentially +non-zero top-byte that references an address in the user process address +space obtained in one of the following ways: + +- ``mmap()`` syscall where either: + + - flags have the ``MAP_ANONYMOUS`` bit set or + - the file descriptor refers to a regular file (including those + returned by ``memfd_create()``) or ``/dev/zero`` + +- ``brk()`` syscall (i.e. the heap area between the initial location of + the program break at process creation and its current location). + +- any memory mapped by the kernel in the address space of the process + during creation and with the same restrictions as for ``mmap()`` above + (e.g. data, bss, stack). + +The AArch64 Tagged Address ABI has two stages of relaxation depending +how the user addresses are used by the kernel: + +1. User addresses not accessed by the kernel but used for address space + management (e.g. ``mmap()``, ``mprotect()``, ``madvise()``). The use + of valid tagged pointers in this context is always allowed. + +2. User addresses accessed by the kernel (e.g. ``write()``). This ABI + relaxation is disabled by default and the application thread needs to + explicitly enable it via ``prctl()`` as follows: + + - ``PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL``: enable or disable the AArch64 Tagged + Address ABI for the calling thread. + + The ``(unsigned int) arg2`` argument is a bit mask describing the + control mode used: + + - ``PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE``: enable AArch64 Tagged Address ABI. + Default status is disabled. + + Arguments ``arg3``, ``arg4``, and ``arg5`` must be 0. + + - ``PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL``: get the status of the AArch64 Tagged + Address ABI for the calling thread. + + Arguments ``arg2``, ``arg3``, ``arg4``, and ``arg5`` must be 0. + + The ABI properties described above are thread-scoped, inherited on + clone() and fork() and cleared on exec(). + + Calling ``prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL, PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE, 0, 0, 0)`` + returns ``-EINVAL`` if the AArch64 Tagged Address ABI is globally + disabled by ``sysctl abi.tagged_addr_disabled=1``. The default + ``sysctl abi.tagged_addr_disabled`` configuration is 0. + +When the AArch64 Tagged Address ABI is enabled for a thread, the +following behaviours are guaranteed: + +- All syscalls except the cases mentioned in section 3 can accept any + valid tagged pointer. + +- The syscall behaviour is undefined for invalid tagged pointers: it may + result in an error code being returned, a (fatal) signal being raised, + or other modes of failure. + +- The syscall behaviour for a valid tagged pointer is the same as for + the corresponding untagged pointer. + + +A definition of the meaning of tagged pointers on AArch64 can be found +in Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.rst. + +3. AArch64 Tagged Address ABI Exceptions +----------------------------------------- + +The following system call parameters must be untagged regardless of the +ABI relaxation: + +- ``prctl()`` other than pointers to user data either passed directly or + indirectly as arguments to be accessed by the kernel. + +- ``ioctl()`` other than pointers to user data either passed directly or + indirectly as arguments to be accessed by the kernel. + +- ``shmat()`` and ``shmdt()``. + +Any attempt to use non-zero tagged pointers may result in an error code +being returned, a (fatal) signal being raised, or other modes of +failure. + +4. Example of correct usage +--------------------------- +.. code-block:: c + + #include + #include + #include + #include + #include + + #define PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL 55 + #define PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE (1UL << 0) + + #define TAG_SHIFT 56 + + int main(void) + { + int tbi_enabled = 0; + unsigned long tag = 0; + char *ptr; + + /* check/enable the tagged address ABI */ + if (!prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL, PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE, 0, 0, 0)) + tbi_enabled = 1; + + /* memory allocation */ + ptr = mmap(NULL, sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, + MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0); + if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) + return 1; + + /* set a non-zero tag if the ABI is available */ + if (tbi_enabled) + tag = rand() & 0xff; + ptr = (char *)((unsigned long)ptr | (tag << TAG_SHIFT)); + + /* memory access to a tagged address */ + strcpy(ptr, "tagged pointer\n"); + + /* syscall with a tagged pointer */ + write(1, ptr, strlen(ptr)); + + return 0; + }