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| author | Xie Yuanbin <xieyuanbin1@huawei.com> | 2026-07-28 03:16:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> | 2026-08-05 16:15:51 +0100 |
| commit | 1039bffd6ae9c75b42b7d148d6c1106134107b66 (patch) | |
| tree | e8ee4ac80f87e2ad1b6b0c877eccbb62b0915c02 /tools/testing/vsock/README | |
| download | linux-stable-1039bffd6ae9c75b42b7d148d6c1106134107b66.tar.gz linux-stable-1039bffd6ae9c75b42b7d148d6c1106134107b66.zip | |
ARM: 9485/1: mm: acquire mmap write lock around show_pte() for user faultsgrafted
When CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y, and cmdline "user_debug=31" is set,
a user fault may trigger show_pte() without any lock.
If another thread in the same process concurrently calls munmap(),
the page table pages may be freed while show_pte() is still traversing
them, causing a use-after-free in show_pte().
If CONFIG_ARM_LPAE=y, this may cause a kernel panic if the pages table
of PMD are freed when show_pte() is running.
Acquire mmap_write_lock() around show_pte() for user faults to fix the
contention.
For user faults, additionally restrict that show_pte() is called only
when the addr is a user-space address (addr < TASK_SIZE). This is because
the lock of tsk->mm only protects the virtual memory of user address space,
furthermore, dumping the page tables of a kernel-space address for user
faults is unnecessary and may have security implications.
Keep everything unchanged for kernel faults, because the kernel is
already in the "oops" state, acquiring a lock may risk a deadlock.
Co-developed-by: Qi Xi <xiqi2@huawei.com>
Fixes: 6d021b724481 ("ARM: dump pgd, pmd and pte states on unhandled data abort faults")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260716014022.2823-1-xieyuanbin1@huawei.com
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Qi Xi <xiqi2@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Xie Yuanbin <xieyuanbin1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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diff --git a/tools/testing/vsock/README b/tools/testing/vsock/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..680ce666c --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/vsock/README @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +AF_VSOCK test suite +------------------- +These tests exercise net/vmw_vsock/ host<->guest sockets for VMware, KVM, and +Hyper-V. + +The following tests are available: + + * vsock_test - core AF_VSOCK socket functionality + * vsock_diag_test - vsock_diag.ko module for listing open sockets + +The following prerequisite steps are not automated and must be performed prior +to running tests: + +1. Build the kernel, make headers_install, and build these tests. +2. Install the kernel and tests on the host. +3. Install the kernel and tests inside the guest. +4. Boot the guest and ensure that the AF_VSOCK transport is enabled. + +Invoke test binaries in both directions as follows: + + # host=server, guest=client + (host)# $TEST_BINARY --mode=server \ + --control-port=1234 \ + --peer-cid=3 + (guest)# $TEST_BINARY --mode=client \ + --control-host=$HOST_IP \ + --control-port=1234 \ + --peer-cid=2 + + # host=client, guest=server + (guest)# $TEST_BINARY --mode=server \ + --control-port=1234 \ + --peer-cid=2 + (host)# $TEST_BINARY --mode=client \ + --control-port=$GUEST_IP \ + --control-port=1234 \ + --peer-cid=3 + +Some tests are designed to produce kernel memory leaks. Leaks detection, +however, is deferred to Kernel Memory Leak Detector. It is recommended to enable +kmemleak (CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y) and explicitly trigger a scan after each test +suite run, e.g. + + # echo clear > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + # $TEST_BINARY ... + # echo "wait for any grace periods" && sleep 2 + # echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + # echo "wait for kmemleak" && sleep 5 + # echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + +For more information see Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst. + +vsock_perf utility +------------------- +'vsock_perf' is a simple tool to measure vsock performance. It works in +sender/receiver modes: sender connect to peer at the specified port and +starts data transmission to the receiver. After data processing is done, +it prints several metrics(see below). + +Usage: +# run as sender +# connect to CID 2, port 1234, send 1G of data, tx buf size is 1M +./vsock_perf --sender 2 --port 1234 --bytes 1G --buf-size 1M + +Output: +tx performance: A Gbits/s + +Output explanation: +A is calculated as "number of bits to send" / "time in tx loop" + +# run as receiver +# listen port 1234, rx buf size is 1M, socket buf size is 1G, SO_RCVLOWAT is 64K +./vsock_perf --port 1234 --buf-size 1M --vsk-size 1G --rcvlowat 64K + +Output: +rx performance: A Gbits/s +total in 'read()': B sec +POLLIN wakeups: C +average in 'read()': D ns + +Output explanation: +A is calculated as "number of received bits" / "time in rx loop". +B is time, spent in 'read()' system call(excluding 'poll()') +C is number of 'poll()' wake ups with POLLIN bit set. +D is B / C, e.g. average amount of time, spent in single 'read()'. |
