powerpc: Implement CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM

As described in the help text in the patch, this token restricts general
access to /dev/mem as a way of increasing the security. Specifically, access
to exclusive IOMEM and kernel RAM is denied unless CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is
set to 'n'.

Implement the 'devmem_is_allowed()' interface for Powerpc. It will be
called from range_is_allowed() when userpsace attempts to access /dev/mem.

This patch is based on an earlier patch from Steve Best and with input from
Paul Mackerras and Scott Wood.

[BenH] Fixed a typo or two and removed the generic change which should
       be submitted as a separate patch

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
2011-08-30 09:19:17 +00:00
gecommit door Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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commit 1d54cf2b97
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@@ -585,3 +585,21 @@ static int add_system_ram_resources(void)
return 0;
}
subsys_initcall(add_system_ram_resources);
#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM
/*
* devmem_is_allowed(): check to see if /dev/mem access to a certain address
* is valid. The argument is a physical page number.
*
* Access has to be given to non-kernel-ram areas as well, these contain the
* PCI mmio resources as well as potential bios/acpi data regions.
*/
int devmem_is_allowed(unsigned long pfn)
{
if (iomem_is_exclusive(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT))
return 0;
if (!page_is_ram(pfn))
return 1;
return 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM */