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[v2,1/2] arm64: vdso: Don't prefix sigreturn trampoline with a BTI C instruction

Message ID 20200519162821.16857-2-will@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series arm64 sigreturn unwinding fixes | expand

Commit Message

Will Deacon May 19, 2020, 4:28 p.m. UTC
For better or worse, GDB relies on the exact instruction sequence in the
VDSO sigreturn trampoline in order to unwind from signals correctly.
Commit c91db232da48 ("arm64: vdso: Convert to modern assembler annotations")
unfortunately added a BTI C instruction to the start of __kernel_rt_sigreturn,
which breaks this check. Thankfully, it's also not required, since the
trampoline is called from a RET instruction when returning from the signal
handler

Remove the unnecessary BTI C instruction from __kernel_rt_sigreturn,
and do the same for the 32-bit VDSO as well for good measure.

Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@arm.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Daniel Kiss <daniel.kiss@arm.com>
Cc: Tamas Zsoldos <tamas.zsoldos@arm.com>
Fixes: c91db232da48 ("arm64: vdso: Convert to modern assembler annotations")
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S   | 11 +++++++++--
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S | 16 ++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Comments

Mark Brown May 19, 2020, 4:33 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 05:28:20PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> For better or worse, GDB relies on the exact instruction sequence in the
> VDSO sigreturn trampoline in order to unwind from signals correctly.
> Commit c91db232da48 ("arm64: vdso: Convert to modern assembler annotations")
> unfortunately added a BTI C instruction to the start of __kernel_rt_sigreturn,
> which breaks this check. Thankfully, it's also not required, since the
> trampoline is called from a RET instruction when returning from the signal
> handler

Reviwed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Dave Martin May 20, 2020, 9:33 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 05:28:20PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> For better or worse, GDB relies on the exact instruction sequence in the
> VDSO sigreturn trampoline in order to unwind from signals correctly.
> Commit c91db232da48 ("arm64: vdso: Convert to modern assembler annotations")
> unfortunately added a BTI C instruction to the start of __kernel_rt_sigreturn,
> which breaks this check. Thankfully, it's also not required, since the
> trampoline is called from a RET instruction when returning from the signal
> handler
> 
> Remove the unnecessary BTI C instruction from __kernel_rt_sigreturn,
> and do the same for the 32-bit VDSO as well for good measure.
> 
> Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@arm.com>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> Cc: Daniel Kiss <daniel.kiss@arm.com>
> Cc: Tamas Zsoldos <tamas.zsoldos@arm.com>
> Fixes: c91db232da48 ("arm64: vdso: Convert to modern assembler annotations")
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S   | 11 +++++++++--
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S | 16 ++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
> index 3fb13b81f780..0c921130002a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
> @@ -15,7 +15,14 @@
>  	.text
>  
>  	nop
> -SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
> +/*
> + * GDB relies on being able to identify the sigreturn instruction sequence to
> + * unwind from signal handlers. We cannot, therefore, use SYM_FUNC_START()
> + * here, as it will emit a BTI C instruction and break the unwinder. Thankfully,
> + * this function is only ever called from a RET and so omitting the landing pad
> + * is perfectly fine.
> + */

Can we cross-reference or duplicate (perhaps abridged) this comment for
vdso32?

Can we also fix the comment by the definition of SYM_FUNC_START()?

SYM_FUNC_START() supersedes ENTRY only for PCS-conformant function entry
points.  Any code with a wacky special-case interface should not not be
using this.

[...]

> +SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
>  	.cfi_startproc
>  	.cfi_signal_frame
>  	.cfi_def_cfa	x29, 0
> @@ -24,6 +31,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
>  	mov	x8, #__NR_rt_sigreturn
>  	svc	#0
>  	.cfi_endproc
> -SYM_FUNC_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
> +SYM_CODE_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
>  
>  emit_aarch64_feature_1_and
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
> index 620524969696..b36d4e2267a3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
> @@ -17,39 +17,39 @@
>  	.save {r0-r15}
>  	.pad #COMPAT_SIGFRAME_REGS_OFFSET
>  	nop
> -SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_sigreturn_arm)
> +SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_sigreturn_arm)

...although do we actually need this?  32-bit doesn't have BTI.

But for the reasons given above, this is not a "function" and so
SYM_FUNC_START() is trap for future maintenance even if it makes no
difference now.

[...]

Either way,

Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Will Deacon May 20, 2020, 9:53 a.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:33:55AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 05:28:20PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > For better or worse, GDB relies on the exact instruction sequence in the
> > VDSO sigreturn trampoline in order to unwind from signals correctly.
> > Commit c91db232da48 ("arm64: vdso: Convert to modern assembler annotations")
> > unfortunately added a BTI C instruction to the start of __kernel_rt_sigreturn,
> > which breaks this check. Thankfully, it's also not required, since the
> > trampoline is called from a RET instruction when returning from the signal
> > handler
> > 
> > Remove the unnecessary BTI C instruction from __kernel_rt_sigreturn,
> > and do the same for the 32-bit VDSO as well for good measure.
> > 
> > Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@arm.com>
> > Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Daniel Kiss <daniel.kiss@arm.com>
> > Cc: Tamas Zsoldos <tamas.zsoldos@arm.com>
> > Fixes: c91db232da48 ("arm64: vdso: Convert to modern assembler annotations")
> > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S   | 11 +++++++++--
> >  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S | 16 ++++++++--------
> >  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
> > index 3fb13b81f780..0c921130002a 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
> > @@ -15,7 +15,14 @@
> >  	.text
> >  
> >  	nop
> > -SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
> > +/*
> > + * GDB relies on being able to identify the sigreturn instruction sequence to
> > + * unwind from signal handlers. We cannot, therefore, use SYM_FUNC_START()
> > + * here, as it will emit a BTI C instruction and break the unwinder. Thankfully,
> > + * this function is only ever called from a RET and so omitting the landing pad
> > + * is perfectly fine.
> > + */
> 
> Can we cross-reference or duplicate (perhaps abridged) this comment for
> vdso32?

Yes, that's not a bad idea. I'll add a comment to the top of that file.

> Can we also fix the comment by the definition of SYM_FUNC_START()?

I'll tweak it slightly for v3.

> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
> > index 620524969696..b36d4e2267a3 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
> > @@ -17,39 +17,39 @@
> >  	.save {r0-r15}
> >  	.pad #COMPAT_SIGFRAME_REGS_OFFSET
> >  	nop
> > -SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_sigreturn_arm)
> > +SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_sigreturn_arm)
> 
> ...although do we actually need this?  32-bit doesn't have BTI.
> 
> But for the reasons given above, this is not a "function" and so
> SYM_FUNC_START() is trap for future maintenance even if it makes no
> difference now.

Right, it's just done for consistency on the 32-bit side.

> Either way,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>

Thanks!

Will
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
index 3fb13b81f780..0c921130002a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@ 
 	.text
 
 	nop
-SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
+/*
+ * GDB relies on being able to identify the sigreturn instruction sequence to
+ * unwind from signal handlers. We cannot, therefore, use SYM_FUNC_START()
+ * here, as it will emit a BTI C instruction and break the unwinder. Thankfully,
+ * this function is only ever called from a RET and so omitting the landing pad
+ * is perfectly fine.
+ */
+SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
 	.cfi_startproc
 	.cfi_signal_frame
 	.cfi_def_cfa	x29, 0
@@ -24,6 +31,6 @@  SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
 	mov	x8, #__NR_rt_sigreturn
 	svc	#0
 	.cfi_endproc
-SYM_FUNC_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
+SYM_CODE_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
 
 emit_aarch64_feature_1_and
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
index 620524969696..b36d4e2267a3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/sigreturn.S
@@ -17,39 +17,39 @@ 
 	.save {r0-r15}
 	.pad #COMPAT_SIGFRAME_REGS_OFFSET
 	nop
-SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_sigreturn_arm)
+SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_sigreturn_arm)
 	mov r7, #__NR_compat_sigreturn
 	svc #0
 	.fnend
-SYM_FUNC_END(__kernel_sigreturn_arm)
+SYM_CODE_END(__kernel_sigreturn_arm)
 
 	.fnstart
 	.save {r0-r15}
 	.pad #COMPAT_RT_SIGFRAME_REGS_OFFSET
 	nop
-SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn_arm)
+SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn_arm)
 	mov r7, #__NR_compat_rt_sigreturn
 	svc #0
 	.fnend
-SYM_FUNC_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn_arm)
+SYM_CODE_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn_arm)
 
 	.thumb
 	.fnstart
 	.save {r0-r15}
 	.pad #COMPAT_SIGFRAME_REGS_OFFSET
 	nop
-SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_sigreturn_thumb)
+SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_sigreturn_thumb)
 	mov r7, #__NR_compat_sigreturn
 	svc #0
 	.fnend
-SYM_FUNC_END(__kernel_sigreturn_thumb)
+SYM_CODE_END(__kernel_sigreturn_thumb)
 
 	.fnstart
 	.save {r0-r15}
 	.pad #COMPAT_RT_SIGFRAME_REGS_OFFSET
 	nop
-SYM_FUNC_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn_thumb)
+SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn_thumb)
 	mov r7, #__NR_compat_rt_sigreturn
 	svc #0
 	.fnend
-SYM_FUNC_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn_thumb)
+SYM_CODE_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn_thumb)