linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] sigaltstack: implement SS

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Date:	Sun, 6 Mar 2016 12:10:21 -0800
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>,
	Jason Low <jason.low2@...com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
	"Amanieu d'Antras" <amanieu@...il.com>,
	Paul Moore <pmoore@...hat.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sigaltstack: implement SS_AUTODISARM flag

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru> wrote:
>> This patch implements the SS_AUTODISARM flag that can be ORed with
>> SS_ONSTACK when forming ss_flags.
>> When this flag is set, sigaltstack will be disabled when entering
>> the signal handler; more precisely, after saving sas to uc_stack.
>> When leaving the signal handler, the sigaltstack is restored by
>> uc_stack.
>> When this flag is used, it is safe to switch from sighandler with
>> swapcontext(). Without this flag, the subsequent signal will corrupt
>> the state of the switched-away sighandler.
>>
>> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
>> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
>> CC: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>> CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
>> CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
>> CC: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
>> CC: Jason Low <jason.low2@...com>
>> CC: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
>> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
>> CC: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
>> CC: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
>> CC: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
>> CC: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>
>> CC: "Amanieu d'Antras" <amanieu@...il.com>
>> CC: Paul Moore <pmoore@...hat.com>
>> CC: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
>> CC: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
>> CC: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
>> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>> CC: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
>> CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/sched.h       |  8 ++++++++
>>  include/linux/signal.h      |  4 +++-
>>  include/uapi/linux/signal.h |  3 +++
>>  kernel/fork.c               |  2 +-
>>  kernel/signal.c             | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
>>  5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
>> index a10494a..26201cd 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
>> @@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@ struct task_struct {
>>
>>         unsigned long sas_ss_sp;
>>         size_t sas_ss_size;
>> +       unsigned sas_ss_flags;
>>
>>         struct callback_head *task_works;
>>
>> @@ -2573,6 +2574,13 @@ static inline int sas_ss_flags(unsigned long sp)
>>         return on_sig_stack(sp) ? SS_ONSTACK : 0;
>>  }
>>
>> +static inline void sas_ss_reset(struct task_struct *p)
>> +{
>> +       p->sas_ss_sp = 0;
>> +       p->sas_ss_size = 0;
>> +       p->sas_ss_flags = SS_DISABLE;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static inline unsigned long sigsp(unsigned long sp, struct ksignal *ksig)
>>  {
>>         if (unlikely((ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK)) && ! sas_ss_flags(sp))
>> diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
>> index 92557bb..3fbe814 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/signal.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/signal.h
>> @@ -432,8 +432,10 @@ int __save_altstack(stack_t __user *, unsigned long);
>>         stack_t __user *__uss = uss; \
>>         struct task_struct *t = current; \
>>         put_user_ex((void __user *)t->sas_ss_sp, &__uss->ss_sp); \
>> -       put_user_ex(sas_ss_flags(sp), &__uss->ss_flags); \
>> +       put_user_ex(t->sas_ss_flags, &__uss->ss_flags); \
>>         put_user_ex(t->sas_ss_size, &__uss->ss_size); \
>> +       if (t->sas_ss_flags & SS_AUTODISARM) \
>> +               sas_ss_reset(t); \
>>  } while (0);
>>
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/signal.h b/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
>> index e1bd50c2..4691bc5 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/signal.h
>> @@ -6,5 +6,8 @@
>>
>>  #define SS_ONSTACK     1
>>  #define SS_DISABLE     2
>> +#define SS_VALMASK     0xf
>
> SS_MODE_MASK, perhaps?

Actually, let's invert that.

#define SS_AUTODISARM (1U << 31)
#define SS_FLAG_BITS SS_AUTODISARM

ss_mode = ss_flags & ~SS_FLAG_BITS;

this way flag bits that are currently undefined will continue to trigger EINVAL.

--Andy