linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH for 5.2 08/10] rseq/selftests: aarch64 code signature: handle big-endian environment

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Message-ID: <20190424164538.GC18611@fuggles.cambridge.arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 17:45:38 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>, Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH for 5.2 08/10] rseq/selftests: aarch64 code
 signature: handle big-endian environment

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:25:00AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Handle compiling with -mbig-endian on aarch64, which generates binaries
> with mixed code vs data endianness (little endian code, big endian
> data).
> 
> Else mismatch between code endianness for the generated signatures and
> data endianness for the RSEQ_SIG parameter passed to the rseq
> registration will trigger application segmentation faults when the
> kernel try to abort rseq critical sections.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> CC: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>
> CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> CC: Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>
> CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> CC: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
> CC: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
> CC: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
> CC: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> CC: Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> CC: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
> CC: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
> CC: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> CC: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
> CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> CC: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> CC: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>
> CC: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
> CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm64.h | 17 +++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm64.h b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm64.h
> index b41a2a48e965..200dae9e4208 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm64.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm64.h
> @@ -6,7 +6,20 @@
>   * (C) Copyright 2018 - Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
>   */
>  
> -#define RSEQ_SIG	0xd428bc00	/* BRK #0x45E0 */
> +/*
> + * aarch64 -mbig-endian generates mixed endianness code vs data:
> + * little-endian code and big-endian data. Ensure the RSEQ_SIG signature
> + * matches code endianness.
> + */
> +#define RSEQ_SIG_CODE	0xd428bc00	/* BRK #0x45E0.  */
> +
> +#ifdef __AARCH64EB__
> +#define RSEQ_SIG_DATA	0x00bc28d4	/* BRK #0x45E0.  */

It would be neater to implement swab32 and use that with RSEQ_SIG_CODE,
but either way:

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

Will