Earlier the System Call entry from an unprivileged task
looked like:
1. SVC for entering system call.
2. System call implementation.
3. SVC for exiting system call.
Now, the system call entry needs to make only one SVC
call and everything else is handled internally.
This PR also makes the following changes:
1. Update the Access Control List (ACL) mechanism to
grant access to all the kernel objects before the
scheduler is started.
2. Add one struct param for system calls with 5 parameters.
This removes the need for special handling for system
calls with 5 parameters.
3. Remove raise privilege SVC when MPU wrapper v2 is used.
4. Add additional run time parameter checks to MPU wrappers
for xTaskGenericNotify and xQueueTakeMutexRecursive APIs.
This PR adds Access Control to kernel objects on a per task basis to MPU
ports. The following needs to be defined in the `FreeRTOSConfig.h` to
enable this feature:
```c
#define configUSE_MPU_WRAPPERS_V1 0
#define configENABLE_ACCESS_CONTROL_LIST 1
```
This PR adds the following new APIs:
```c
void vGrantAccessToTask( TaskHandle_t xTask,
TaskHandle_t xTaskToGrantAccess );
void vRevokeAccessToTask( TaskHandle_t xTask,
TaskHandle_t xTaskToRevokeAccess );
void vGrantAccessToSemaphore( TaskHandle_t xTask,
SemaphoreHandle_t xSemaphoreToGrantAccess );
void vRevokeAccessToSemaphore( TaskHandle_t xTask,
SemaphoreHandle_t xSemaphoreToRevokeAccess );
void vGrantAccessToQueue( TaskHandle_t xTask,
QueueHandle_t xQueueToGrantAccess );
void vRevokeAccessToQueue( TaskHandle_t xTask,
QueueHandle_t xQueueToRevokeAccess );
void vGrantAccessToQueueSet( TaskHandle_t xTask,
QueueSetHandle_t xQueueSetToGrantAccess );
void vRevokeAccessToQueueSet( TaskHandle_t xTask,
QueueSetHandle_t xQueueSetToRevokeAccess );
void vGrantAccessToEventGroup( TaskHandle_t xTask,
EventGroupHandle_t xEventGroupToGrantAccess );
void vRevokeAccessToEventGroup( TaskHandle_t xTask,
EventGroupHandle_t xEventGroupToRevokeAccess );
void vGrantAccessToStreamBuffer( TaskHandle_t xTask,
StreamBufferHandle_t xStreamBufferToGrantAccess );
void vRevokeAccessToStreamBuffer( TaskHandle_t xTask,
StreamBufferHandle_t xStreamBufferToRevokeAccess );
void vGrantAccessToMessageBuffer( TaskHandle_t xTask,
MessageBufferHandle_t xMessageBufferToGrantAccess );
void vRevokeAccessToMessageBuffer( TaskHandle_t xTask,
MessageBufferHandle_t xMessageBufferToRevokeAccess );
void vGrantAccessToTimer( TaskHandle_t xTask,
TimerHandle_t xTimerToGrantAccess );
void vRevokeAccessToTimer( TaskHandle_t xTask,
TimerHandle_t xTimerToRevokeAccess );
```
An unprivileged task by default has access to itself only and no other
kernel object. The application writer needs to explicitly grant an
unprivileged task access to all the kernel objects it needs. The best
place to do that is before starting the scheduler when all the kernel
objects are created.
For example, let's say an unprivileged tasks needs access to a queue and
an event group, the application writer needs to do the following:
```c
vGrantAccessToQueue( xUnprivilegedTaskHandle, xQueue );
vGrantAccessToEventGroup( xUnprivilegedTaskHandle, xEventGroup );
```
The application writer MUST revoke all the accesses before deleting a
task. Failing to do so will result in undefined behavior. In the above
example, the application writer needs to make the following 2 calls
before deleting the task:
```c
vRevokeAccessToQueue( xUnprivilegedTaskHandle, xQueue );
vRevokeAccessToEventGroup( xUnprivilegedTaskHandle, xEventGroup );
```
* Add runtime parameter checks
This commit adds runtime checks for function parameters to mpu_wrappers_v2 file. The same checks are performed
in the API implementation using asserts.
Signed-off-by: kar-rahul-aws <karahulx@amazon.com>
Memory Protection Unit (MPU) Enhancements
This commit introduces a new MPU wrapper that places additional
restrictions on unprivileged tasks. The following is the list of changes
introduced with the new MPU wrapper:
1. Opaque and indirectly verifiable integers for kernel object handles:
All the kernel object handles (for example, queue handles) are now
opaque integers. Previously object handles were raw pointers.
2. Saving the task context in Task Control Block (TCB): When a task is
swapped out by the scheduler, the task's context is now saved in its
TCB. Previously the task's context was saved on its stack.
3. Execute system calls on a separate privileged only stack: FreeRTOS
system calls, which execute with elevated privilege, now use a
separate privileged only stack. Previously system calls used the
calling task's stack. The application writer can control the size of
the system call stack using new configSYSTEM_CALL_STACK_SIZE config
macro.
4. Memory bounds checks: FreeRTOS system calls which accept a pointer
and de-reference it, now verify that the calling task has required
permissions to access the memory location referenced by the pointer.
5. System call restrictions: The following system calls are no longer
available to unprivileged tasks:
- vQueueDelete
- xQueueCreateMutex
- xQueueCreateMutexStatic
- xQueueCreateCountingSemaphore
- xQueueCreateCountingSemaphoreStatic
- xQueueGenericCreate
- xQueueGenericCreateStatic
- xQueueCreateSet
- xQueueRemoveFromSet
- xQueueGenericReset
- xTaskCreate
- xTaskCreateStatic
- vTaskDelete
- vTaskPrioritySet
- vTaskSuspendAll
- xTaskResumeAll
- xTaskGetHandle
- xTaskCallApplicationTaskHook
- vTaskList
- vTaskGetRunTimeStats
- xTaskCatchUpTicks
- xEventGroupCreate
- xEventGroupCreateStatic
- vEventGroupDelete
- xStreamBufferGenericCreate
- xStreamBufferGenericCreateStatic
- vStreamBufferDelete
- xStreamBufferReset
Also, an unprivileged task can no longer use vTaskSuspend to suspend
any task other than itself.
We thank the following people for their inputs in these enhancements:
- David Reiss of Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Lan Luo, Xinhui Shao, Yumeng Wei, Zixia Liu, Huaiyu Yan and Zhen Ling
of School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University,
China.
- Xinwen Fu of Department of Computer Science, University of
Massachusetts Lowell, USA.
- Yuequi Chen, Zicheng Wang, Minghao Lin of University of Colorado
Boulder, USA.
Gaurav-Aggarwal-AWS
Rahul Kar
chinglee-iot