linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/asm/entry/32, selftests: Add test_syscall

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Date:	Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:50:00 +0200
From:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/asm/entry/32, selftests: Add test_syscall_vdso
 test

On 06/13/2015 08:39 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>> The test is fairly simplistic: it checks that all registers
>> are preserved across 32-bit syscall via VDSO.
>>
>> Run-tested:
>>
>> $ ./test_syscall_vdso_32
>> [RUN]	Executing 6-argument 32-bit syscall via VDSO
>> [Ok]	Arguments are preserved across syscall
>> [RUN]	Executing 6-argument 32-bit syscall via INT 80
>> [Ok]	Arguments are preserved across syscall
>> [RUN]	Running tests under ptrace
>> [RUN]	Executing 6-argument 32-bit syscall via VDSO
>> [Ok]	Arguments are preserved across syscall
>> [RUN]	Executing 6-argument 32-bit syscall via INT 80
>> [Ok]	Arguments are preserved across syscall
> 
> Just curious: is there a kernel sha1 where this test would fail? Or did you try to 
> provoke an information leak perhaps?

I did see failures, more than once, when testing my own patches.

I'm not aware of released kernels which are buggy wrt this test.

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