mm: rust: add vm_area_struct methods that require read access

This adds a type called VmaRef which is used when referencing a vma that
you have read access to.  Here, read access means that you hold either the
mmap read lock or the vma read lock (or stronger).

Additionally, a vma_lookup method is added to the mmap read guard, which
enables you to obtain a &VmaRef in safe Rust code.

This patch only provides a way to lock the mmap read lock, but a follow-up
patch also provides a way to just lock the vma read lock.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250408-vma-v16-2-d8b446e885d9@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>
Cc: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Cc: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

rust/helpers/mm.c

@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ void rust_helper_mmap_read_unlock(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 }
+
+struct vm_area_struct *rust_helper_vma_lookup(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					      unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return vma_lookup(mm, addr);
+}

rust/kernel/mm.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use core::{ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
 
+pub mod virt;
+
 /// A wrapper for the kernel's `struct mm_struct`.
 ///
 /// This represents the address space of a userspace process, so each process has one `Mm`
@@ -201,6 +203,27 @@ pub struct MmapReadGuard<'a> {
     _nts: NotThreadSafe,
 }
 
+impl<'a> MmapReadGuard<'a> {
+    /// Look up a vma at the given address.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn vma_lookup(&self, vma_addr: usize) -> Option<&virt::VmaRef> {
+        // SAFETY: By the type invariants we hold the mmap read guard, so we can safely call this
+        // method. Any value is okay for `vma_addr`.
+        let vma = unsafe { bindings::vma_lookup(self.mm.as_raw(), vma_addr) };
+
+        if vma.is_null() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            // SAFETY: We just checked that a vma was found, so the pointer references a valid vma.
+            //
+            // Furthermore, the returned vma is still under the protection of the read lock guard
+            // and can be used while the mmap read lock is still held. That the vma is not used
+            // after the MmapReadGuard gets dropped is enforced by the borrow-checker.
+            unsafe { Some(virt::VmaRef::from_raw(vma)) }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Drop for MmapReadGuard<'_> {
     #[inline]
     fn drop(&mut self) {

rust/kernel/mm/virt.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+// Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC.
+
+//! Virtual memory.
+//!
+//! This module deals with managing a single VMA in the address space of a userspace process. Each
+//! VMA corresponds to a region of memory that the userspace process can access, and the VMA lets
+//! you control what happens when userspace reads or writes to that region of memory.
+//!
+//! The module has several different Rust types that all correspond to the C type called
+//! `vm_area_struct`. The different structs represent what kind of access you have to the VMA, e.g.
+//! [`VmaRef`] is used when you hold the mmap or vma read lock. Using the appropriate struct
+//! ensures that you can't, for example, accidentally call a function that requires holding the
+//! write lock when you only hold the read lock.
+
+use crate::{bindings, mm::MmWithUser, types::Opaque};
+
+/// A wrapper for the kernel's `struct vm_area_struct` with read access.
+///
+/// It represents an area of virtual memory.
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// The caller must hold the mmap read lock or the vma read lock.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct VmaRef {
+    vma: Opaque<bindings::vm_area_struct>,
+}
+
+// Methods you can call when holding the mmap or vma read lock (or stronger). They must be usable
+// no matter what the vma flags are.
+impl VmaRef {
+    /// Access a virtual memory area given a raw pointer.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// Callers must ensure that `vma` is valid for the duration of 'a, and that the mmap or vma
+    /// read lock (or stronger) is held for at least the duration of 'a.
+    #[inline]
+    pub unsafe fn from_raw<'a>(vma: *const bindings::vm_area_struct) -> &'a Self {
+        // SAFETY: The caller ensures that the invariants are satisfied for the duration of 'a.
+        unsafe { &*vma.cast() }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a raw pointer to this area.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut bindings::vm_area_struct {
+        self.vma.get()
+    }
+
+    /// Access the underlying `mm_struct`.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn mm(&self) -> &MmWithUser {
+        // SAFETY: By the type invariants, this `vm_area_struct` is valid and we hold the mmap/vma
+        // read lock or stronger. This implies that the underlying mm has a non-zero value of
+        // `mm_users`.
+        unsafe { MmWithUser::from_raw((*self.as_ptr()).vm_mm) }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the flags associated with the virtual memory area.
+    ///
+    /// The possible flags are a combination of the constants in [`flags`].
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn flags(&self) -> vm_flags_t {
+        // SAFETY: By the type invariants, the caller holds at least the mmap read lock, so this
+        // access is not a data race.
+        unsafe { (*self.as_ptr()).__bindgen_anon_2.vm_flags }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the (inclusive) start address of the virtual memory area.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn start(&self) -> usize {
+        // SAFETY: By the type invariants, the caller holds at least the mmap read lock, so this
+        // access is not a data race.
+        unsafe { (*self.as_ptr()).__bindgen_anon_1.__bindgen_anon_1.vm_start }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the (exclusive) end address of the virtual memory area.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn end(&self) -> usize {
+        // SAFETY: By the type invariants, the caller holds at least the mmap read lock, so this
+        // access is not a data race.
+        unsafe { (*self.as_ptr()).__bindgen_anon_1.__bindgen_anon_1.vm_end }
+    }
+
+    /// Zap pages in the given page range.
+    ///
+    /// This clears page table mappings for the range at the leaf level, leaving all other page
+    /// tables intact, and freeing any memory referenced by the VMA in this range. That is,
+    /// anonymous memory is completely freed, file-backed memory has its reference count on page
+    /// cache folio's dropped, any dirty data will still be written back to disk as usual.
+    ///
+    /// It may seem odd that we clear at the leaf level, this is however a product of the page
+    /// table structure used to map physical memory into a virtual address space - each virtual
+    /// address actually consists of a bitmap of array indices into page tables, which form a
+    /// hierarchical page table level structure.
+    ///
+    /// As a result, each page table level maps a multiple of page table levels below, and thus
+    /// span ever increasing ranges of pages. At the leaf or PTE level, we map the actual physical
+    /// memory.
+    ///
+    /// It is here where a zap operates, as it the only place we can be certain of clearing without
+    /// impacting any other virtual mappings. It is an implementation detail as to whether the
+    /// kernel goes further in freeing unused page tables, but for the purposes of this operation
+    /// we must only assume that the leaf level is cleared.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn zap_page_range_single(&self, address: usize, size: usize) {
+        let (end, did_overflow) = address.overflowing_add(size);
+        if did_overflow || address < self.start() || self.end() < end {
+            // TODO: call WARN_ONCE once Rust version of it is added
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // SAFETY: By the type invariants, the caller has read access to this VMA, which is
+        // sufficient for this method call. This method has no requirements on the vma flags. The
+        // address range is checked to be within the vma.
+        unsafe {
+            bindings::zap_page_range_single(self.as_ptr(), address, size, core::ptr::null_mut())
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+/// The integer type used for vma flags.
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use bindings::vm_flags_t;
+
+/// All possible flags for [`VmaRef`].
+pub mod flags {
+    use super::vm_flags_t;
+    use crate::bindings;
+
+    /// No flags are set.
+    pub const NONE: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_NONE as _;
+
+    /// Mapping allows reads.
+    pub const READ: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_READ as _;
+
+    /// Mapping allows writes.
+    pub const WRITE: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_WRITE as _;
+
+    /// Mapping allows execution.
+    pub const EXEC: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_EXEC as _;
+
+    /// Mapping is shared.
+    pub const SHARED: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_SHARED as _;
+
+    /// Mapping may be updated to allow reads.
+    pub const MAYREAD: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_MAYREAD as _;
+
+    /// Mapping may be updated to allow writes.
+    pub const MAYWRITE: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_MAYWRITE as _;
+
+    /// Mapping may be updated to allow execution.
+    pub const MAYEXEC: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_MAYEXEC as _;
+
+    /// Mapping may be updated to be shared.
+    pub const MAYSHARE: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_MAYSHARE as _;
+
+    /// Page-ranges managed without `struct page`, just pure PFN.
+    pub const PFNMAP: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_PFNMAP as _;
+
+    /// Memory mapped I/O or similar.
+    pub const IO: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_IO as _;
+
+    /// Do not copy this vma on fork.
+    pub const DONTCOPY: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_DONTCOPY as _;
+
+    /// Cannot expand with mremap().
+    pub const DONTEXPAND: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_DONTEXPAND as _;
+
+    /// Lock the pages covered when they are faulted in.
+    pub const LOCKONFAULT: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_LOCKONFAULT as _;
+
+    /// Is a VM accounted object.
+    pub const ACCOUNT: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_ACCOUNT as _;
+
+    /// Should the VM suppress accounting.
+    pub const NORESERVE: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_NORESERVE as _;
+
+    /// Huge TLB Page VM.
+    pub const HUGETLB: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_HUGETLB as _;
+
+    /// Synchronous page faults. (DAX-specific)
+    pub const SYNC: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_SYNC as _;
+
+    /// Architecture-specific flag.
+    pub const ARCH_1: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_ARCH_1 as _;
+
+    /// Wipe VMA contents in child on fork.
+    pub const WIPEONFORK: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_WIPEONFORK as _;
+
+    /// Do not include in the core dump.
+    pub const DONTDUMP: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_DONTDUMP as _;
+
+    /// Not soft dirty clean area.
+    pub const SOFTDIRTY: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_SOFTDIRTY as _;
+
+    /// Can contain `struct page` and pure PFN pages.
+    pub const MIXEDMAP: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_MIXEDMAP as _;
+
+    /// MADV_HUGEPAGE marked this vma.
+    pub const HUGEPAGE: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_HUGEPAGE as _;
+
+    /// MADV_NOHUGEPAGE marked this vma.
+    pub const NOHUGEPAGE: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_NOHUGEPAGE as _;
+
+    /// KSM may merge identical pages.
+    pub const MERGEABLE: vm_flags_t = bindings::VM_MERGEABLE as _;
+}