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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/xen/Kconfig | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/xen/mem-reservation.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/xen/mem-reservation.h | 7 |
6 files changed, 33 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory index caa311d59ac1..6d83f95a8a8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory @@ -75,3 +75,12 @@ Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Description: Amount (in KiB) of low (or normal) memory in the balloon. + +What: /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages +Date: September 2018 +KernelVersion: 4.20 +Contact: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org +Description: + Control scrubbing pages before returning them to Xen for others domains + use. Can be set with xen_scrub_pages cmdline + parameter. Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 64a3bf54b974..92eb1f42240d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5000,6 +5000,12 @@ Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers. + xen_scrub_pages= [XEN] + Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back + to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime + with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages. + Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT. + xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig index b459edfacff3..90d387b50ab7 100644 --- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig @@ -79,15 +79,19 @@ config XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_LIMIT This value is used to allocate enough space in internal tables needed for physical memory administration. -config XEN_SCRUB_PAGES - bool "Scrub pages before returning them to system" +config XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT + bool "Scrub pages before returning them to system by default" depends on XEN_BALLOON default y help Scrub pages before returning them to the system for reuse by other domains. This makes sure that any confidential data is not accidentally visible to other domains. Is it more - secure, but slightly less efficient. + secure, but slightly less efficient. This can be controlled with + xen_scrub_pages=0 parameter and + /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages. + This option only sets the default value. + If in doubt, say yes. config XEN_DEV_EVTCHN diff --git a/drivers/xen/mem-reservation.c b/drivers/xen/mem-reservation.c index 084799c6180e..3782cf070338 100644 --- a/drivers/xen/mem-reservation.c +++ b/drivers/xen/mem-reservation.c @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ #include <xen/interface/memory.h> #include <xen/mem-reservation.h> +#include <linux/moduleparam.h> + +bool __read_mostly xen_scrub_pages = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT); +core_param(xen_scrub_pages, xen_scrub_pages, bool, 0); /* * Use one extent per PAGE_SIZE to avoid to break down the page into diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c b/drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c index 294f35ce9e46..63c1494a8d73 100644 --- a/drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c +++ b/drivers/xen/xen-balloon.c @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ #include <xen/xenbus.h> #include <xen/features.h> #include <xen/page.h> +#include <xen/mem-reservation.h> #define PAGES2KB(_p) ((_p)<<(PAGE_SHIFT-10)) @@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ static DEVICE_ULONG_ATTR(schedule_delay, 0444, balloon_stats.schedule_delay); static DEVICE_ULONG_ATTR(max_schedule_delay, 0644, balloon_stats.max_schedule_delay); static DEVICE_ULONG_ATTR(retry_count, 0444, balloon_stats.retry_count); static DEVICE_ULONG_ATTR(max_retry_count, 0644, balloon_stats.max_retry_count); +static DEVICE_BOOL_ATTR(scrub_pages, 0644, xen_scrub_pages); static ssize_t show_target_kb(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) @@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ static struct attribute *balloon_attrs[] = { &dev_attr_max_schedule_delay.attr.attr, &dev_attr_retry_count.attr.attr, &dev_attr_max_retry_count.attr.attr, + &dev_attr_scrub_pages.attr.attr, NULL }; diff --git a/include/xen/mem-reservation.h b/include/xen/mem-reservation.h index 80b52b4945e9..a2ab516fcd2c 100644 --- a/include/xen/mem-reservation.h +++ b/include/xen/mem-reservation.h @@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ #include <xen/page.h> +extern bool xen_scrub_pages; + static inline void xenmem_reservation_scrub_page(struct page *page) { -#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES - clear_highpage(page); -#endif + if (xen_scrub_pages) + clear_highpage(page); } #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_HAVE_PVMMU |