linux-kernel - Re: sparc/ppc/arm compat siginfo ABI regressions: sending SIGFPE via kill() returns wrong values in si_pid and si

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Date:   Thu, 12 Apr 2018 04:34:35 +0300
From:   "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@...linux.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-sparc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sparc/ppc/arm compat siginfo ABI regressions: sending SIGFPE via
 kill() returns wrong values in si_pid and si_uid

Hi,

On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 06:22:53PM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> There seems to be a regression in v4.16 on ppc compat very similar
> to sparc compat regression reported earlier at
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=151501500704383 .
> 
> The symptoms are exactly the same: the same signal_receive test from
> the strace test suite fails with the same diagnostics:
> https://build.opensuse.org/public/build/home:ldv_alt/openSUSE_Factory_PowerPC/ppc/strace/_log

The log is big, just look for "KERNEL BUG".

> Unfortunately, I do not have any means to investigate further,
> so just passing this information on to those who care.

OK, the faulty commit is v4.16-rc1~159^2~39
("signal/powerpc: Document conflicts with SI_USER and SIGFPE and SIGTRAP").

One might think that a commit called "Document conflicts" shouldn't
introduce an ABI regression, but this one definitely does by defining
FPE_FIXME and TRAP_FIXME in arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h
that affect siginfo_layout().

A similar commit v4.16-rc1~159^2~37
("signal/arm: Document conflicts with SI_USER and SIGFPE") must have
introduced a similar ABI regression to compat arm.

An earlier commit v4.14-rc1~60^2^2~5
("signal/sparc: Document a conflict with SI_USER with SIGFPE") introduced
a similar ABI regression to compat sparc.

There is a clear pattern of sneaking in ABI changes using innocently
looking commit messages.

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