fork: Provide a function for copying init_mm

Provide a function for copying init_mm. This function will be later used
for setting a temporary mm.

Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: <deneen.t.dock@intel.com>
Cc: <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>
Cc: <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <linux_dti@icloud.com>
Cc: <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-6-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 44fba5e5e916..fbe9dfcd8680 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1299,13 +1299,20 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
                 complete_vfork_done(tsk);
 }
 
-/*
- * Allocate a new mm structure and copy contents from the
- * mm structure of the passed in task structure.
+/**
+ * dup_mm() - duplicates an existing mm structure
+ * @tsk: the task_struct with which the new mm will be associated.
+ * @oldmm: the mm to duplicate.
+ *
+ * Allocates a new mm structure and duplicates the provided @oldmm structure
+ * content into it.
+ *
+ * Return: the duplicated mm or NULL on failure.
  */
-static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk)
+static struct mm_struct *dup_mm(struct task_struct *tsk,
+                                struct mm_struct *oldmm)
 {
-        struct mm_struct *mm, *oldmm = current->mm;
+        struct mm_struct *mm;
         int err;
 
         mm = allocate_mm();
@@ -1372,7 +1379,7 @@ static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
         }
 
         retval = -ENOMEM;
-        mm = dup_mm(tsk);
+        mm = dup_mm(tsk, current->mm);
         if (!mm)
                 goto fail_nomem;
 
@@ -2187,6 +2194,11 @@ struct task_struct *fork_idle(int cpu)
         return task;
 }
 
+struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void)
+{
+        return dup_mm(NULL, &init_mm);
+}
+
 /*
  *  Ok, this is the main fork-routine.
  *