linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 0/4] make sigaltstack() compatible with swapcontext()

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Date:	Mon,  7 Mar 2016 19:52:03 +0300
From:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>
To:	stsp@...t.ru
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 0/4] make sigaltstack() compatible with swapcontext()

The following patches make it possible to use swapcontext()
in a sighandler that works on sigaltstack.
The approach is inspired by Andy Lutomirski's suggestion that
sigaltstack should disarm itself after saving into uc_stack:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/1/594

I add the SS_AUTODISARM flag that does exactly that.
On sighandler exit, the sigaltstack is restored from uc_stack.
Another possible name could be SS_ONESHOT, but, since it gets
always re-enabled, I choose SS_AUTODISARM.

Change since v5:
- Fix description of patch 4/4

Change since v4:
- Implement this Andy Lutomirski's suggestion:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/6/158
that allows the run-time probing of the existence of the
flags added in the future.

[PATCH 1/4] [Cleanup] x86: signal: unify the sigaltstack check with
	A clean-up patch that unifies x86's sigaltstack handling with
	other arches.
[PATCH 2/4] sigaltstack: preparations for adding new SS_xxx flags
	Andy's suggested changes
[PATCH 3/4] sigaltstack: implement SS_AUTODISARM flag
	This patch implements SS_AUTODISARM flag
[PATCH 4/4] selftests: Add test for
	This patch adds the selftest code for new functionality

CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
CC: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>

Diffstat:
 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c                     |   23 +--
 include/linux/sched.h                        |    8 +
 include/linux/signal.h                       |    4 
 include/uapi/linux/signal.h                  |    7 +
 kernel/fork.c                                |    2 
 kernel/signal.c                              |   26 ++--
 tools/testing/selftests/Makefile             |    1 
 tools/testing/selftests/sigaltstack/Makefile |    8 +
 tools/testing/selftests/sigaltstack/sas.c    |  156 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)