linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: vdso: Fix ABI regression in compat vdso

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Date:   Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:53:55 +0100
From:   Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
To:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>,
        Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@...il.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Huw Davies <huw@...eweavers.com>,
        Shijith Thotton <sthotton@...vell.com>,
        Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: vdso: Fix ABI regression in compat vdso

Hi John,

On 10/07/2019 16:44, John Stultz wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 7:01 AM Vincenzo Frascino
> <vincenzo.frascino@....com> wrote:
>>
>> Prior to the introduction of Unified vDSO support and compat layer for
>> vDSO on arm64, AT_SYSINFO_EHDR was not defined for compat tasks.
>> In the current implementation, AT_SYSINFO_EHDR is defined even if the
>> compat vdso layer is not built and this causes a regression in the
>> expected behavior of the ABI.
>>
>> Restore the ABI behavior making sure that AT_SYSINFO_EHDR for compat
>> tasks is defined only when CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is enabled.
>>
>> Reported-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
> 
> This seems to solve it for me!
> Thanks so much for the quick turnaround on a fix. I really appreciate it!
> 
> Tested-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> 

Thank you for the quick reply, it means I can go home early today ;-)

> thanks
> -john
> 

-- 
Regards,
Vincenzo