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[v4,2/2] riscv: Allow PROT_WRITE-only mmap()

Message ID 20220915193702.2201018-3-abrestic@rivosinc.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 9e2e6042a7ec6504fe8e366717afa2f40cf16488
Delegated to: Palmer Dabbelt
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Series Make mmap() with PROT_WRITE imply PROT_READ | expand

Commit Message

Andrew Bresticker Sept. 15, 2022, 7:37 p.m. UTC
Commit 2139619bcad7 ("riscv: mmap with PROT_WRITE but no PROT_READ is
invalid") made mmap() return EINVAL if PROT_WRITE was set wihtout
PROT_READ with the justification that a write-only PTE is considered a
reserved PTE permission bit pattern in the privileged spec. This check
is unnecessary since we let VM_WRITE imply VM_READ on RISC-V, and it is
inconsistent with other architectures that don't support write-only PTEs,
creating a potential software portability issue. Just remove the check
altogether and let PROT_WRITE imply PROT_READ as is the case on other
architectures.

Note that this also allows PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC mappings which were
disallowed prior to the aforementioned commit; PROT_READ is implied in
such mappings as well.

Fixes: 2139619bcad7 ("riscv: mmap with PROT_WRITE but no PROT_READ is invalid")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.19+
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@rivosinc.com>
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v1 -> v2: Update access_error() to account for write-implies-read
v2 -> v3: Separate into two commits
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
index 571556bb9261..5d3f2fbeb33c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@  static long riscv_sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 	if (unlikely(offset & (~PAGE_MASK >> page_shift_offset)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (unlikely((prot & PROT_WRITE) && !(prot & PROT_READ)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return ksys_mmap_pgoff(addr, len, prot, flags, fd,
 			       offset >> (PAGE_SHIFT - page_shift_offset));
 }