linux-kernel - Re: + fully-honor-vdso_enabled.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-ID: <20070305101231.GA12363@linux-sh.org>
Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:12:31 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc:	John Reiser <jreiser@...Wagon.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + fully-honor-vdso_enabled.patch added to -mm tree

On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:18:54AM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 03/02, John Reiser wrote:
> > Paul Mundt has commented on setup_rt_frame() and provided a patch which
> > bullet-proofs that area.  I will include that patch into the next revision.
> 
> Confused. I still think his patch incomplete. Don't we need the same check
> in setup_rt_frame() ?
> 
Yes, you're right. The patch is missing the proper restorer logic in the
setup_rt_frame() case. This should handle both of them, restoring the
previous logic when the VDSO is disabled.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>

--

 arch/i386/kernel/signal.c |   15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
index 4f99e87..26c2497 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int setup_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 			goto give_sigsegv;
 	}
 
-	if (current->binfmt->hasvdso)
+	if (current->binfmt->hasvdso && current->mm->context.vdso)
 		restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_sigreturn);
 	else
 		restorer = (void *)&frame->retcode;
@@ -449,17 +449,20 @@ static int setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
 	/* Set up to return from userspace.  */
-	restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_rt_sigreturn);
+	if (current->binfmt->hasvdso && current->mm->context.vdso)
+		restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_rt_sigreturn);
+	else
+		restorer = (void *)&frame->retcode;
 	if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
 		restorer = ka->sa.sa_restorer;
 	err |= __put_user(restorer, &frame->pretcode);
-	 
+
 	/*
 	 * This is movl $,%eax ; int $0x80
 	 *
-	 * WE DO NOT USE IT ANY MORE! It's only left here for historical
-	 * reasons and because gdb uses it as a signature to notice
-	 * signal handler stack frames.
+	 * This is not used in the general case! It's left here for
+	 * handling toggling of the VDSO state and because gdb uses it
+	 * as a signature to notice signal handler stack frames.
 	 */
 	err |= __put_user(0xb8, (char __user *)(frame->retcode+0));
 	err |= __put_user(__NR_rt_sigreturn, (int __user *)(frame->retcode+1));
-
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