linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] compat: add a compat_need_64bit_alignment

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Message-Id: <20200917074159.2442167-3-hch@lst.de>
Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:41:58 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     x86@...nel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] compat: add a compat_need_64bit_alignment_fixup() helper

Add a helper to check if the calling syscall needs a fixup for
non-natural 64-bit type alignment in the compat ABI.  This will only
return true for i386 syscalls on x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h | 1 +
 include/linux/compat.h        | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
index bf547701f41f87..0e327a01f50fbb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static inline bool in_compat_syscall(void)
 	return in_32bit_syscall();
 }
 #define in_compat_syscall in_compat_syscall	/* override the generic impl */
+#define compat_need_64bit_alignment_fixup in_ia32_syscall
 #endif
 
 struct compat_siginfo;
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index b354ce58966e2d..fd10c3a692c2cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -932,6 +932,15 @@ static inline bool in_compat_syscall(void) { return false; }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
 
+/*
+ * Some legacy ABIs like the i386 one use less than natural alignment for 64-bit
+ * types, and will need special compat treatment for that.  Most architectures
+ * don't need that special handling even for compat syscalls.
+ */
+#ifndef compat_need_64bit_alignment_fixup
+#define compat_need_64bit_alignment_fixup()		false
+#endif
+
 /*
  * A pointer passed in from user mode. This should not
  * be used for syscall parameters, just declare them
-- 
2.28.0