linux-kernel - [RFC 23/30] x86/entry/32: Open-code return tracking from fork and kthreads

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Message-Id: <f4361f6240300c81d5b743257e32ea806c8f6f11.1441146105.git.luto@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue,  1 Sep 2015 15:41:23 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [RFC 23/30] x86/entry/32: Open-code return tracking from fork and kthreads

syscall_exit is going away, and return tracing is just a function
call now, so open-code the two non-syscall 32-bit users.

While we're at it, update the big register layout comment.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
index a08ded481aba..36b6beb181f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * entry_32.S contains the system-call and low-level fault and trap handling routines.
  *
- * Stack layout in 'syscall_exit':
+ * Stack layout while running C code:
  *	ptrace needs to have all registers on the stack.
  *	If the order here is changed, it needs to be
  *	updated in fork.c:copy_process(), signal.c:do_signal(),
@@ -211,7 +211,11 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
 	popl	%eax
 	pushl	$0x0202				# Reset kernel eflags
 	popfl
-	jmp	syscall_exit
+
+	/* When we fork, we trace the syscall return in the child, too. */
+	movl    %esp, %eax
+	call    syscall_return_slowpath
+	jmp     restore_all
 END(ret_from_fork)
 
 ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
@@ -224,7 +228,15 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
 	movl	PT_EBP(%esp), %eax
 	call	*PT_EBX(%esp)
 	movl	$0, PT_EAX(%esp)
-	jmp	syscall_exit
+
+	/*
+	 * Kernel threads return to userspace as if returning from a syscall.
+	 * We should check whether anything actually uses this path and, if so,
+	 * consider switching it over to ret_from_fork.
+	 */
+	movl    %esp, %eax
+	call    syscall_return_slowpath
+	jmp     restore_all
 ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_thread)
 
 /*
-- 
2.4.3

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