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mm/madvise: unrestrict process_madvise() for current process

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The process_madvise() call was introduced in commit ecb8ac8b1f
("mm/madvise: introduce process_madvise() syscall: an external memory
hinting API") as a means of performing madvise() operations on another
process.

However, as it provides the means by which to perform multiple madvise()
operations in a batch via an iovec, it is useful to utilise the same
interface for performing operations on the current process rather than a
remote one.

Commit 22af8caff7 ("mm/madvise: process_madvise() drop capability check
if same mm") removed the need for a caller invoking process_madvise() on
its own pidfd to possess the CAP_SYS_NICE capability, however this leaves
the restrictions on operation in place.

Resolve this by only applying the restriction on operations when accessing
a remote process.

Moving forward we plan to implement a simpler means of specifying this
condition other than needing to establish a self pidfd, perhaps in the
form of a sentinel pidfd.

Also take the opportunity to refactor the system call implementation
abstracting the vectorised operation.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240926151019.82902-1-lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@gmail.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Lorenzo Stoakes 2024-09-26 16:10:19 +01:00 • committed by Andrew Morton
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