[RFC PATCH for 4.18 09/16] powerpc: Add syscall detection for restartable sequences

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Sat Jun 02 2018 - 08:45:02 EST


From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>

Syscalls are not allowed inside restartable sequences, so add a call to
rseq_syscall() at the very beginning of system call exiting path for
CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ=y kernel. This could help us to detect whether there
is a syscall issued inside restartable sequences.

[ Tested on 64-bit powerpc kernel by Mathieu Desnoyers. Still needs to
be tested on 32-bit powerpc kernel. ]

Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 7 +++++++
arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index eb8d01bae8c6..973577f2141c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -365,6 +365,13 @@ syscall_dotrace_cont:
blrl /* Call handler */
.globl ret_from_syscall
ret_from_syscall:
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ
+ /* Check whether the syscall is issued inside a restartable sequence */
+ stw r3,GPR3(r1)
+ addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
+ bl rseq_syscall
+ lwz r3,GPR3(r1)
+#endif
mr r6,r3
CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r12, r1)
/* disable interrupts so current_thread_info()->flags can't change */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 51695608c68b..1c374387656a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ system_call: /* label this so stack traces look sane */

.Lsyscall_exit:
std r3,RESULT(r1)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ
+ /* Check whether the syscall is issued inside a restartable sequence */
+ addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
+ bl rseq_syscall
+ ld r3,RESULT(r1)
+#endif
+
CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r12, r1)

ld r8,_MSR(r1)
--
2.11.0