linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the aio tree

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Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 14:12:53 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Linux-Next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the aio tree

On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 09:08:22AM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 01:50:56PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > I am still convinced that this is an architecture issue.  Given that 64 bit 
> > > values work in the *get_user implementations on other architectures, I see 
> > > no reason there should need to be a workaround for this in common code.
> > 
> > So you're happy to break x86-32 then...
> 
> x86-32 works fine.

Let me repeat the quote from my previous email:

#define __get_user(x, ptr)                                              \
        __get_user_nocheck((x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr)))

#define __get_user_nocheck(x, ptr, size)                                \
({                                                                      \
        int __gu_err;                                                   \
        unsigned long __gu_val;                                         \
        __uaccess_begin();                                              \
        __get_user_size(__gu_val, (ptr), (size), __gu_err, -EFAULT);    \
        __uaccess_end();                                                \
        (x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;                     \
        __builtin_expect(__gu_err, 0);                                  \
})

#define __get_user_size(x, ptr, size, retval, errret)                   \
do {                                                                    \
        retval = 0;                                                     \
        __chk_user_ptr(ptr);                                            \
        switch (size) {                                                 \
        case 1:                                                         \
                __get_user_asm(x, ptr, retval, "b", "b", "=q", errret); \
                break;                                                  \
        case 2:                                                         \
                __get_user_asm(x, ptr, retval, "w", "w", "=r", errret); \
                break;                                                  \
        case 4:                                                         \
                __get_user_asm(x, ptr, retval, "l", "k", "=r", errret); \
                break;                                                  \
        case 8:                                                         \
                __get_user_asm_u64(x, ptr, retval, errret);             \
                break;                                                  \
        default:                                                        \
                (x) = __get_user_bad();                                 \
        }                                                               \
} while (0)

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
#define __get_user_asm_u64(x, ptr, retval, errret)      (x) = __get_user_bad()
#define __get_user_asm_ex_u64(x, ptr)                   (x) = __get_user_bad()
#else
#define __get_user_asm_u64(x, ptr, retval, errret) \
         __get_user_asm(x, ptr, retval, "q", "", "=r", errret)
#define __get_user_asm_ex_u64(x, ptr) \
         __get_user_asm_ex(x, ptr, "q", "", "=r")
#endif

Hence, __get_user() on x86-32 with a 64-bit quantity results in
__get_user_bad() being called, which is an undefined function.
Only if you build with x86-64 support enabled (iow, CONFIG_X86_32 not
defined) then you get the 64-bit __get_user() support.

Given this, I fail to see how x86-32 can possibly work.

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