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

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Message-ID: <56B90A3E.7000507@gentoo.org>
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 16:35:58 -0500
From:	Joshua Kinard <kumba@...too.org>
To:	Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@...tec.com>,
	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

On 02/08/2016 13:15, Harvey Hunt wrote:
> 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.
> 

FYI, TASK_SIZE was recently changed to 0x80000000UL in commit 7f8ca9cb1ed3 on
the linux-mips.org tree.


>>
>>>   #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
> 
> 


-- 
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@...too.org
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