Re: [PATCH v10 3/4] random: introduce generic vDSO getrandom() implementation

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022, at 15:59, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 03:51:01PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:

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On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 11:44:30AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:

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 * vdso_data will be accessed by 64 bit and compat code at the same time
 * so we should be careful before modifying this structure.

So the ABI must be same for 32-bit and 64-bit mode, and long isn't.

I'll do something like this:


+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+typedef u64 vdso_kernel_ulong;
+#else
+typedef u32 vdso_kernel_ulong;
+#endif

This does not address the ABI concern: to allow 32-bit and 64-bit
tasks to share the same data page, it has to be the same width on
both, either u32 or 64, but not depending on a configuration
option.

struct vdso_rng_data {
vdso_kernel_ulong	generation;
bool			is_ready;
};

There is another problem with this: you have implicit padding
in the structure because the two members have different size
and alignment requirements. The easiest fix is to make them
both u64, or you could have a u32 is_ready and an explit u32
for the padding.

      Arnd