Improve UML page fault handler
a project by ptesarik
Updated 6 months ago. 1 hackers ♥️. 2 followers.

Description

Improve UML handling of segmentation faults in kernel mode. Although such page faults are generally caused by a kernel bug, it is annoying if they cause an infinite loop, or panic the kernel. More importantly, a robust implementation allows to write KUnit tests for various guard pages, preventing potential kernel self-protection regressions.

Goals

Convert the UML page fault handler to use oops_* helpers, go through a few review rounds and finally get my patch series merged in 6.14.

Resources

Wrong initial attempt: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231215121431.680-1-petrtesarik@huaweicloud.com/T/

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Activity

  • 5 months ago: michals liked this project.
  • 6 months ago: ptesarik added keyword "kernel" to this project.
  • 6 months ago: ptesarik started this project.
  • 6 months ago: ptesarik originated this project.


    • Comments

    • ptesarik
      6 months ago by ptesarik | Reply

      I intend to work on this project whenever I get stuck with https://hackweek.opensuse.org/24/projects/kill-dma-and-dma32-memory-zones So, it you like the idea, feel free to grab it, just add a comment here.

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