]> Git Repo - linux.git/commitdiff
riscv: Allow PROT_WRITE-only mmap()
authorAndrew Bresticker <[email protected]>
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:37:02 +0000 (15:37 -0400)
committerPalmer Dabbelt <[email protected]>
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:44:59 +0000 (09:44 -0700)
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")
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <[email protected]>
arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c

index 571556bb9261a9686f57f4336dbbe8447031e04b..5d3f2fbeb33c7b72eeca2b88f627a404039aefc8 100644 (file)
@@ -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));
 }
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