linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Always page align TASK

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Message-ID: <56B8DB2D.3070604@imgtec.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 10:15:09 -0800
From:	Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@...tec.com>
To:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
CC:	<linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>, <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>,
	Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>,
	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Always page align TASK_SIZE

Hi David,

On 02/08/2016 10:11 AM, David Daney wrote:
> On 02/08/2016 10:05 AM, Harvey Hunt wrote:
>> STACK_TOP_MAX is aligned on a 32k boundary. When __bprm_mm_init()
>> creates an
>> initial stack for a process, it does so using STACK_TOP_MAX as the end
>> of the
>> vma. A process's arguments and environment information are placed on
>> the stack
>> and then the stack is relocated and aligned on a page boundary. When
>> using a 32
>> bit kernel with 64k pages, the relocated stack has the process's args
>> erroneously stored in the middle of the stack. This means that processes
>> receive no arguments or environment variables, preventing them from
>> running
>> correctly.
>>
>> Fix this by aligning TASK_SIZE on a page boundary.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@...tec.com>
>> Cc: David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
>> Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>
>> Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
>> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>> ---
>>   arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h | 6 +++---
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
>> b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
>> index 3f832c3..b618b40 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
>> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
>> @@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ extern unsigned int vced_count, vcei_count;
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST
>>   /* User space process size is limited to 1GB in KVM Guest Mode */
>> -#define TASK_SIZE    0x3fff8000UL
>> +#define TASK_SIZE    (0x40000000UL - PAGE_SIZE)
>>   #else
>>   /*
>>    * User space process size: 2GB. This is hardcoded into a few places,
>>    * so don't change it unless you know what you are doing.
>>    */
>> -#define TASK_SIZE    0x7fff8000UL
>> +#define TASK_SIZE    (0x7fff8000UL & PAGE_SIZE)
>
> Can you check your math here.  This doesn't seem correct.

Thanks for spotting that - it should have been:

(0x7fff8000UL & PAGE_MASK)

I'll do a v2 now.

>
>>   #endif
>>
>>   #define STACK_TOP_MAX    TASK_SIZE
>> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ extern unsigned int vced_count, vcei_count;
>>    * support 16TB; the architectural reserve for future expansion is
>>    * 8192EB ...
>>    */
>> -#define TASK_SIZE32    0x7fff8000UL
>> +#define TASK_SIZE32    (0x7fff8000UL & PAGE_SIZE)
>
> Same here.

As above.

>
>>   #define TASK_SIZE64    0x10000000000UL
>>   #define TASK_SIZE (test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT_ADDR) ? TASK_SIZE32 :
>> TASK_SIZE64)
>>   #define STACK_TOP_MAX    TASK_SIZE64
>>
>

Thanks,

Harvey