Re: RE: the x86 sysret_rip test fails on the Intel FRED architecture

[H. Peter Anvin]

On January 22, 2023 12:54:56 AM PST, Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 1/22/23 3:22 PM, Li, Xin3 wrote:
>> The problem is where/how to set %r11 = %rflags in the test code.
>> 
>> The check happens in the USER1 signal handler, and we could set %r11
>> just before calling raise(SIGUSR1).  However, the C library implementation
>> of raise() modifies %r11, thus we can't preserve %r11 until the SYSCALL
>> instruction. And the test still fails.
>
>From "man 3 raise":
>
>"""
>The raise() function sends a signal to the calling process or thread.
>In a single-threaded program it is equivalent to
>
>        kill(getpid(), sig);
>"""
>
>Implementing kill syscall with %r11 modified before entering the kernel
>may look like this?
>
>static void __raise(int sig)
>{
>        __asm__ volatile (
>                "pushf\n\t"
>                "popq %%r11\n\t"
>                "syscall"
>                :
>                : "D"(getpid()),        /* %rdi */
>                  "S"(sig),             /* %rsi */
>                  "a"(__NR_kill)        /* %rax */
>                : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
>        );
>}
>

Exactly.