linux-kernel - Fix for sparc64 cpu hangs.

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Message-Id: <20071106.203433.144763156.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:34:33 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, bernd@...d.de, joy@...uzijast.net,
	fabbione@...ntu.com, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Fix for sparc64 cpu hangs.

[ Bernd, Josip, and Fabio, I think I finally nailed this
  cpu hang bug we were all seeing on sparc64.  ]

[FUTEX]: Fix address computation in compat code.

compat_exit_robust_list() computes a pointer to the
futex entry in userspace as follows:

	(void __user *)entry + futex_offset

'entry' is a 'struct robust_list __user *', and
'futex_offset' is a 'compat_long_t' (typically a 's32').

Things explode if the 32-bit sign bit is set in futex_offset.

Type promotion sign extends futex_offset to a 64-bit value before
adding it to 'entry'.

This triggered a problem on sparc64 running 32-bit applications which
would lock up a cpu looping forever in the fault handling for the
userspace load in handle_futex_death().

Compat userspace runs with address masking (wherein the cpu zeros out
the top 32-bits of every effective address given to a memory operation
instruction) so the sparc64 fault handler accounts for this by
zero'ing out the top 32-bits of the fault address too.

Since the kernel properly uses the compat_uptr interfaces, kernel side
accesses to compat userspace work too since they will only use
addresses with the top 32-bits clear.

Because of this compat futex layer bug we get into the following loop
when executing the get_user() load near the top of handle_futex_death():

1) load from address '0xfffffffff7f16bd8', FAULT
2) fault handler clears upper 32-bits, processes fault
   for address '0xf7f16bd8' which succeeds
3) goto #1

I want to thank Bernd Zeimetz, Josip Rodin, and Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
for their tireless efforts helping me track down this bug.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

diff --git a/kernel/futex_compat.c b/kernel/futex_compat.c
index 00b5726..8089e7e 100644
--- a/kernel/futex_compat.c
+++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c
@@ -76,11 +76,16 @@ void compat_exit_robust_list(struct task_struct *curr)
 		 * A pending lock might already be on the list, so
 		 * dont process it twice:
 		 */
-		if (entry != pending)
-			if (handle_futex_death((void __user *)entry + futex_offset,
-						curr, pi))
-				return;
+		if (entry != pending) {
+			void __user *uaddr;
+			compat_uptr_t base;
+
+			base = ptr_to_compat(entry);
+			uaddr = compat_ptr(base + futex_offset);

+			if (handle_futex_death(uaddr, curr, pi))
+				return;
+		}
 		if (rc)
 			return;
 		uentry = next_uentry;
-
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