RE: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.

2012-05-08 Thread Inki Dae
Hi Dave,

 -Original Message-
 From: Dave Airlie [mailto:airl...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:23 PM
 To: daei...@gmail.com
 Cc: Inki Dae; kyungmin.p...@samsung.com; sw0312@samsung.com; dri-
 de...@lists.freedesktop.org
 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.
 
 On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:19 AM,  daei...@gmail.com wrote:
  Hi Dave,
 
  2012. 4. 25. 오후 7:15 Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com 작성:
 
  On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Inki Dae inki@samsung.com wrote:
  this feature could be used to use memory region allocated by malloc()
 in user
  mode and mmaped memory region allocated by other memory allocators.
 userptr
  interface can identify memory type through vm_flags value and would
 get
  pages or page frame numbers to user space appropriately.
 
  Is there anything to stop the unpriviledged userspace driver locking
  all the RAM in the machine inside userptr?
 
 
  you mean that there is something that it can stop user space driver
 locking some memory region  of RAM? and if any user space driver locked
 some region then anyone on user space can't access the region? could you
 please tell me about your concerns in more detail so that we can solve the
 issue? I guess you mean that any user level driver such as specific EGL
 library can allocate some memory region and also lock the region so that
 other user space applications can't access the region until rendering is
 completed by hw accelerator such as 2d/3d core or opposite case.
 
  actually, this feature has already been used by v4l2 so I didn't try to
 consider we could face with any problem with this and I've got a feeling
 maybe there is something I missed so I'd be happy for you or anyone give
 me any advices.
 
 Well v4l get to make their own bad design decisions.
 
 The problem is if an unprivledged users accessing the drm can lock all
 the pages it allocates into memory, by passing them to the kernel as
 userptrs., thus bypassing the swap and blocking all other users on the
 system.
 

Thank you for your advices and comments and I will look over this feature
again.

We should use this feature for our linux-based platform because the backend
of evas(used by elementary) or pixman(used by Cario) needs this feature to
use hardware accelerator only using user address so I will re-post it again
after resolving this issue if possible.

Thanks,
Inki Dae

 Dave.

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RE: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.

2012-05-08 Thread Inki Dae
Hi Jerome,

 -Original Message-
 From: Jerome Glisse [mailto:j.gli...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 3:18 AM
 To: Dave Airlie
 Cc: daei...@gmail.com; Inki Dae; kyungmin.p...@samsung.com;
 sw0312@samsung.com; dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.
 
 On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com wrote:
  On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:19 AM,  daei...@gmail.com wrote:
  Hi Dave,
 
  2012. 4. 25. 오후 7:15 Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com 작성:
 
  On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Inki Dae inki@samsung.com
wrote:
  this feature could be used to use memory region allocated by malloc()
 in user
  mode and mmaped memory region allocated by other memory allocators.
 userptr
  interface can identify memory type through vm_flags value and would
 get
  pages or page frame numbers to user space appropriately.
 
  Is there anything to stop the unpriviledged userspace driver locking
  all the RAM in the machine inside userptr?
 
 
  you mean that there is something that it can stop user space driver
 locking some memory region  of RAM? and if any user space driver locked
 some region then anyone on user space can't access the region? could you
 please tell me about your concerns in more detail so that we can solve the
 issue? I guess you mean that any user level driver such as specific EGL
 library can allocate some memory region and also lock the region so that
 other user space applications can't access the region until rendering is
 completed by hw accelerator such as 2d/3d core or opposite case.
 
  actually, this feature has already been used by v4l2 so I didn't try to
 consider we could face with any problem with this and I've got a feeling
 maybe there is something I missed so I'd be happy for you or anyone give
 me any advices.
 
  Well v4l get to make their own bad design decisions.
 
  The problem is if an unprivledged users accessing the drm can lock all
  the pages it allocates into memory, by passing them to the kernel as
  userptrs., thus bypassing the swap and blocking all other users on the
  system.
 
  Dave.
 
 Beside that you are not locking the vma and afaik this means that the
 page backing the vma might change, yes you will still own the page you
 get but userspace might be reading/writing to different pages. The vma

Yes, right. the vma should be locked because the pages backing the vma
might be changed after swap-in. thank you for your pointing.


 would need to be locked but than the userspace might unlock it in your
 back and you start right from the begining.
 

I'm not sure I understood your comments but my understanding is you mean
that there is some interface that it can unlock(using some interface of drm
side or implementing it?) the vma so we can resolve the issue Dave pointed
out?

Thanks,
Inki Dae

 Cheers,
 Jerome

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Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.

2012-05-08 Thread Jerome Glisse
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Inki Dae inki@samsung.com wrote:
 Hi Jerome,

 -Original Message-
 From: Jerome Glisse [mailto:j.gli...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 3:18 AM
 To: Dave Airlie
 Cc: daei...@gmail.com; Inki Dae; kyungmin.p...@samsung.com;
 sw0312@samsung.com; dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.

 On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com wrote:
  On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:19 AM,  daei...@gmail.com wrote:
  Hi Dave,
 
  2012. 4. 25. 오후 7:15 Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com 작성:
 
  On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Inki Dae inki@samsung.com
 wrote:
  this feature could be used to use memory region allocated by malloc()
 in user
  mode and mmaped memory region allocated by other memory allocators.
 userptr
  interface can identify memory type through vm_flags value and would
 get
  pages or page frame numbers to user space appropriately.
 
  Is there anything to stop the unpriviledged userspace driver locking
  all the RAM in the machine inside userptr?
 
 
  you mean that there is something that it can stop user space driver
 locking some memory region  of RAM? and if any user space driver locked
 some region then anyone on user space can't access the region? could you
 please tell me about your concerns in more detail so that we can solve the
 issue? I guess you mean that any user level driver such as specific EGL
 library can allocate some memory region and also lock the region so that
 other user space applications can't access the region until rendering is
 completed by hw accelerator such as 2d/3d core or opposite case.
 
  actually, this feature has already been used by v4l2 so I didn't try to
 consider we could face with any problem with this and I've got a feeling
 maybe there is something I missed so I'd be happy for you or anyone give
 me any advices.
 
  Well v4l get to make their own bad design decisions.
 
  The problem is if an unprivledged users accessing the drm can lock all
  the pages it allocates into memory, by passing them to the kernel as
  userptrs., thus bypassing the swap and blocking all other users on the
  system.
 
  Dave.

 Beside that you are not locking the vma and afaik this means that the
 page backing the vma might change, yes you will still own the page you
 get but userspace might be reading/writing to different pages. The vma

 Yes, right. the vma should be locked because the pages backing the vma
 might be changed after swap-in. thank you for your pointing.


 would need to be locked but than the userspace might unlock it in your
 back and you start right from the begining.


 I'm not sure I understood your comments but my understanding is you mean
 that there is some interface that it can unlock(using some interface of drm
 side or implementing it?) the vma so we can resolve the issue Dave pointed
 out?

 Thanks,
 Inki Dae


Userspace can unlock the vma behind your back with the sys call
munlock, malicious process might use that to trick your gpu somehow.
The thing is there is no proper infrastructure in linux kernel for
locking vma for long period of time. Because it mess with core linux
vm stuff i believe the vm people should be involved and comment on
this. Also we absolutely don't want process to abuse the drm to force
locking, so you will need to make sure that what drm does won't go
over the memlock limit of the process (and i am not even sure that by
default this limit is not 0).

Anyway my point is i believe there is maybe no proper right now to do
this, maybe using VM_RESERVED but i am not clear on the implication of
doing so. Note in all case you will need the fragment the vma so that
you don't suddenly convert more than you want from anonymous vma to
something more restrictive.

Cheers,
Jerome
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Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.

2012-05-07 Thread Jerome Glisse
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:19 AM,  daei...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi Dave,

 2012. 4. 25. 오후 7:15 Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com 작성:

 On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Inki Dae inki@samsung.com wrote:
 this feature could be used to use memory region allocated by malloc() in 
 user
 mode and mmaped memory region allocated by other memory allocators. userptr
 interface can identify memory type through vm_flags value and would get
 pages or page frame numbers to user space appropriately.

 Is there anything to stop the unpriviledged userspace driver locking
 all the RAM in the machine inside userptr?


 you mean that there is something that it can stop user space driver locking 
 some memory region  of RAM? and if any user space driver locked some region 
 then anyone on user space can't access the region? could you please tell me 
 about your concerns in more detail so that we can solve the issue? I guess 
 you mean that any user level driver such as specific EGL library can 
 allocate some memory region and also lock the region so that other user 
 space applications can't access the region until rendering is completed by 
 hw accelerator such as 2d/3d core or opposite case.

 actually, this feature has already been used by v4l2 so I didn't try to 
 consider we could face with any problem with this and I've got a feeling 
 maybe there is something I missed so I'd be happy for you or anyone give me 
 any advices.

 Well v4l get to make their own bad design decisions.

 The problem is if an unprivledged users accessing the drm can lock all
 the pages it allocates into memory, by passing them to the kernel as
 userptrs., thus bypassing the swap and blocking all other users on the
 system.

 Dave.

Beside that you are not locking the vma and afaik this means that the
page backing the vma might change, yes you will still own the page you
get but userspace might be reading/writing to different pages. The vma
would need to be locked but than the userspace might unlock it in your
back and you start right from the begining.

Cheers,
Jerome
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Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.

2012-05-05 Thread daeinki
Hi Dave,

2012. 4. 25. 오후 7:15 Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com 작성:

 On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Inki Dae inki@samsung.com wrote:
 this feature could be used to use memory region allocated by malloc() in user
 mode and mmaped memory region allocated by other memory allocators. userptr
 interface can identify memory type through vm_flags value and would get
 pages or page frame numbers to user space appropriately.
 
 Is there anything to stop the unpriviledged userspace driver locking
 all the RAM in the machine inside userptr?
 

you mean that there is something that it can stop user space driver locking 
some memory region  of RAM? and if any user space driver locked some region 
then anyone on user space can't access the region? could you please tell me 
about your concerns in more detail so that we can solve the issue? I guess you 
mean that any user level driver such as specific EGL library can allocate some 
memory region and also lock the region so that other user space applications 
can't access the region until rendering is completed by hw accelerator such as 
2d/3d core or opposite case.

actually, this feature has already been used by v4l2 so I didn't try to 
consider we could face with any problem with this and I've got a feeling maybe 
there is something I missed so I'd be happy for you or anyone give me any 
advices.

Thanks,
Inki Dae.


 seems like a very bad plan, I know TTM has code to address this sort
 of things with limits.
 
 Dave.
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Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.

2012-05-05 Thread Dave Airlie
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:19 AM,  daei...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi Dave,

 2012. 4. 25. 오후 7:15 Dave Airlie airl...@gmail.com 작성:

 On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Inki Dae inki@samsung.com wrote:
 this feature could be used to use memory region allocated by malloc() in 
 user
 mode and mmaped memory region allocated by other memory allocators. userptr
 interface can identify memory type through vm_flags value and would get
 pages or page frame numbers to user space appropriately.

 Is there anything to stop the unpriviledged userspace driver locking
 all the RAM in the machine inside userptr?


 you mean that there is something that it can stop user space driver locking 
 some memory region  of RAM? and if any user space driver locked some region 
 then anyone on user space can't access the region? could you please tell me 
 about your concerns in more detail so that we can solve the issue? I guess 
 you mean that any user level driver such as specific EGL library can allocate 
 some memory region and also lock the region so that other user space 
 applications can't access the region until rendering is completed by hw 
 accelerator such as 2d/3d core or opposite case.

 actually, this feature has already been used by v4l2 so I didn't try to 
 consider we could face with any problem with this and I've got a feeling 
 maybe there is something I missed so I'd be happy for you or anyone give me 
 any advices.

Well v4l get to make their own bad design decisions.

The problem is if an unprivledged users accessing the drm can lock all
the pages it allocates into memory, by passing them to the kernel as
userptrs., thus bypassing the swap and blocking all other users on the
system.

Dave.
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Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] drm/exynos: added userptr feature.

2012-04-25 Thread Dave Airlie
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Inki Dae inki@samsung.com wrote:
 this feature could be used to use memory region allocated by malloc() in user
 mode and mmaped memory region allocated by other memory allocators. userptr
 interface can identify memory type through vm_flags value and would get
 pages or page frame numbers to user space appropriately.

Is there anything to stop the unpriviledged userspace driver locking
all the RAM in the machine inside userptr?

seems like a very bad plan, I know TTM has code to address this sort
of things with limits.

Dave.
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