linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] alpha/ptrace: Add missing switch

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Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:25:35 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        alpha <linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Ley Foon Tan <ley.foon.tan@...el.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] alpha/ptrace: Add missing switch_stack frames

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 01:32:50PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> -.macro	fork_like name
> +.macro	allregs name
>  	.align	4
>  	.globl	alpha_\name
>  	.ent	alpha_\name
> +	.cfi_startproc
>  alpha_\name:
>  	.prologue 0
> -	bsr	$1, do_switch_stack
> +	SAVE_SWITCH_STACK
>  	jsr	$26, sys_\name
> -	ldq	$26, 56($sp)
> -	lda	$sp, SWITCH_STACK_SIZE($sp)
> +	RESTORE_SWITCH_STACK

	No.  You've just added one hell of an overhead to fork(2),
for no reason whatsoever.  sys_fork() et.al. does *NOT* modify the
callee-saved registers; it's plain C.  So this change is complete
BS.

> +allregs exit
> +allregs exit_group

	Details, please - what exactly makes exit(2) different from
e.g. open(2)?