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authorAl Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>2013-09-01 15:35:01 -0400
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2013-09-01 17:16:33 -0400
commitbd1c149aa9915b9abb6d83d0f01dfd2ace0680b5 (patch)
tree1ccdf876f778bd986a6238d379ee9e9981ed98dc /arch/x86
parent7263dda41b5a28ae6566fd126d9b06ada73dd721 (diff)
Introduce [compat_]save_altstack_ex() to unbreak x86 SMAP
For performance reasons, when SMAP is in use, SMAP is left open for an entire put_user_try { ... } put_user_catch(); block, however, calling __put_user() in the middle of that block will close SMAP as the STAC..CLAC constructs intentionally do not nest. Furthermore, using __put_user() rather than put_user_ex() here is bad for performance. Thus, introduce new [compat_]save_altstack_ex() helpers that replace __[compat_]save_altstack() for x86, being currently the only architecture which supports put_user_try { ... } put_user_catch(). Reported-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.8+ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-es5p6y64if71k8p5u08agv9n@git.kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/signal.c6
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index bccfca68430e..665a730307f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ int ia32_setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct ksignal *ksig,
457 else 457 else
458 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags); 458 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
459 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link); 459 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
460 err |= __compat_save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp); 460 compat_save_altstack_ex(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
461 461
462 if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER) 462 if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
463 restorer = ksig->ka.sa.sa_restorer; 463 restorer = ksig->ka.sa.sa_restorer;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index cf913587d4dd..d859eea07db7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int __setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct ksignal *ksig,
358 else 358 else
359 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags); 359 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
360 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link); 360 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
361 err |= __save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp); 361 save_altstack_ex(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
362 362
363 /* Set up to return from userspace. */ 363 /* Set up to return from userspace. */
364 restorer = VDSO32_SYMBOL(current->mm->context.vdso, rt_sigreturn); 364 restorer = VDSO32_SYMBOL(current->mm->context.vdso, rt_sigreturn);
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static int __setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct ksignal *ksig,
423 else 423 else
424 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags); 424 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
425 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link); 425 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
426 err |= __save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp); 426 save_altstack_ex(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
427 427
428 /* Set up to return from userspace. If provided, use a stub 428 /* Set up to return from userspace. If provided, use a stub
429 already in userspace. */ 429 already in userspace. */
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static int x32_setup_rt_frame(struct ksignal *ksig,
490 else 490 else
491 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags); 491 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_flags);
492 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link); 492 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
493 err |= __compat_save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp); 493 compat_save_altstack_ex(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
494 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc__pad0); 494 put_user_ex(0, &frame->uc.uc__pad0);
495 495
496 if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER) { 496 if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER) {