From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Cc: "Juergen Gross" <jgross@suse.com>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
"Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>,
"Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"Andy Lutomirski" <luto@kernel.org>,
"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Petr Vaněk" <arkamar@atlas.cz>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix _pgd_alloc() for Xen PV mode
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:48:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250417144808.22589-1-jgross@suse.com> (raw)
Recently _pgd_alloc() was switched from using __get_free_pages() to
pagetable_alloc_noprof(), which might return a compound page in case
the allocation order is larger than 0.
On x86 this will be the case if CONFIG_MITIGATION_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
is set, even if PTI has been disabled at runtime.
When running as a Xen PV guest (this will always disable PTI), using
a compound page for a PGD will result in VM_BUG_ON_PGFLAGS being
triggered when the Xen code tries to pin the PGD.
Fix the Xen issue together with the not needed 8k allocation for a
PGD with PTI disabled by using a variable holding the PGD allocation
order in case CONFIG_MITIGATION_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION is set.
Reported-by: Petr Vaněk <arkamar@atlas.cz>
Fixes: a9b3c355c2e6 ("asm-generic: pgalloc: provide generic __pgd_{alloc,free}")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 7 ++++++-
arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 4 ++++
arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index a33147520044..754f95bddf98 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@ static inline void paravirt_release_p4d(unsigned long pfn) {}
* Instead of one PGD, we acquire two PGDs. Being order-1, it is
* both 8k in size and 8k-aligned. That lets us just flip bit 12
* in a pointer to swap between the two 4k halves.
+ *
+ * As PTI can be runtime disabled (either via boot parameter or due to
+ * running as a Xen PV guest), store the actually needed allocation
+ * order in a global variable.
*/
-#define PGD_ALLOCATION_ORDER 1
+#define PGD_ALLOCATION_ORDER pgd_allocation_order
+extern unsigned int pgd_allocation_order;
#else
#define PGD_ALLOCATION_ORDER 0
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index a05fcddfc811..f61b2d6be311 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ phys_addr_t physical_mask __ro_after_init = (1ULL << __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT) - 1;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(physical_mask);
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
+unsigned int pgd_allocation_order = 0;
+#endif
+
pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
return __pte_alloc_one(mm, GFP_PGTABLE_USER);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
index 5f0d579932c6..44b7120c63e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include <asm/desc.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
#include <asm/set_memory.h>
+#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
#undef pr_fmt
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "Kernel/User page tables isolation: " fmt
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ void __init pti_check_boottime_disable(void)
if (pti_mode == PTI_AUTO && !boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN))
return;
+ pgd_allocation_order = 1;
+
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PTI);
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-04-17 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-17 14:48 Juergen Gross [this message]
2025-04-17 15:15 ` Dave Hansen
2025-04-18 17:46 ` Petr Vaněk
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