ARM: allow the kernel text section to be made read-only

This patch implements CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA, allowing
the kernel text section to be marked read-only in
order to catch bugs that write over the kernel.  This
requires mapping the kernel code, plus up to 4MB, using
pages instead of sections, which can increase TLB
pressure.

The kernel is normally mapped using 1MB section entries
in the first level page table, and the first level page
table is copied into every mm.  This prevents marking
the kernel text read-only, because the 1MB section
entries are too large granularity to separate the init
section, which is reused as read-write memory after
init, and the kernel text section.  Also, the top level
page table for every process would need to be updated,
which is not possible to do safely and efficiently on SMP.

To solve both problems, allow alloc_init_pte to overwrite
an existing section entry with a fully-populated second
level page table.  When CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA is set, all
the section entries that overlap the kernel text section
will be replaced with page mappings.  The kernel always
uses a pair of 2MB-aligned 1MB sections, so up to 2MB
of memory before and after the kernel may end up page
mapped.

When the top level page tables are copied into each
process the second level page tables are not copied,
leaving a single second level page table that will
affect all processes on all cpus.  To mark a page
read-only, the second level page table is located using
the pointer in the first level page table for the
current process, and the supervisor RO bit is flipped
atomically.  Once all pages have been updated, all TLBs
are flushed to ensure the changes are visible on all
cpus.

If CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA is not set, the kernel will be
mapped using the normal 1MB section entries.

Change-Id: I94fae337f882c2e123abaf8e1082c29cd5d483c6
Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/rodata.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/rodata.h
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+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/rodata.h
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+/*
+ *  arch/arm/include/asm/rodata.h
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011 Google, Inc.
+ *
+ *  Author: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#ifndef _ASMARM_RODATA_H
+#define _ASMARM_RODATA_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
+
+int set_memory_rw(unsigned long virt, int numpages);
+int set_memory_ro(unsigned long virt, int numpages);
+
+void mark_rodata_ro(void);
+void set_kernel_text_rw(void);
+void set_kernel_text_ro(void);
+#else
+static inline void set_kernel_text_rw(void) { }
+static inline void set_kernel_text_ro(void) { }
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+#endif