Thread (10 messages) 10 messages, 7 authors, 2019-10-01

Re: [PATCH] ARM: fix __get_user_check() in case uaccess_* calls are not inlined

From: Nick Desaulniers <hidden>
Date: 2019-09-30 22:19:22
Also in: lkml

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 11:00 PM Masahiro Yamada
[off-list ref] wrote:
KernelCI reports that bcm2835_defconfig is no longer booting since
commit ac7c3e4ff401 ("compiler: enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING
forcibly"):

  https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/26/825

I also received a regression report from Nicolas Saenz Julienne:

  https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/27/263

This problem has cropped up on arch/arm/config/bcm2835_defconfig
because it enables CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE. The compiler tends
to prefer not inlining functions with -Os. I was able to reproduce
it with other boards and defconfig files by manually enabling
CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE.

The __get_user_check() specifically uses r0, r1, r2 registers.
Yep, that part is obvious, but...
So, uaccess_save_and_enable() and uaccess_restore() must be inlined
in order to avoid those registers being overwritten in the callees.
Right, r0, r1, r2 are caller saved, meaning that __get_user_check must
save/restore them when making function calls. So
uaccess_save_and_enable() and uaccess_restore() should either be made
into macros (macros and typecheck (see include/linux/typecheck.h) are
peanut butter and chocolate), or occur at different points in the
function when those register variables are no longer in use.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Prior to commit 9012d011660e ("compiler: allow all arches to enable
CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING"), the 'inline' marker was always enough for
inlining functions, except on x86.

Since that commit, all architectures can enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING.
So, __always_inline is now the only guaranteed way of forcible inlining.

I want to keep as much compiler's freedom as possible about the inlining
decision. So, I changed the function call order instead of adding
__always_inline around.

Call uaccess_save_and_enable() before assigning the __p ("r0"), and
uaccess_restore() after evacuating the __e ("r0").

Fixes: 9012d011660e ("compiler: allow all arches to enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING")
Reported-by: "kernelci.org bot" <redacted>
Reported-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <redacted>
---

 arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 303248e5b990..559f252d7e3c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -191,11 +191,12 @@ extern int __get_user_64t_4(void *);
 #define __get_user_check(x, p)                                         \
        ({                                                              \
                unsigned long __limit = current_thread_info()->addr_limit - 1; \
+               unsigned int __ua_flags = uaccess_save_and_enable();    \
                register typeof(*(p)) __user *__p asm("r0") = (p);      \
                register __inttype(x) __r2 asm("r2");                   \
                register unsigned long __l asm("r1") = __limit;         \
                register int __e asm("r0");                             \
What does it mean for there to be two different local variables pinned
to the same register? Ie. it looks like __e and __p are defined to
exist in r0.  Would having one variable and an explicit cast result in
differing storage?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
-               unsigned int __ua_flags = uaccess_save_and_enable();    \
+               unsigned int __err;                                     \
                switch (sizeof(*(__p))) {                               \
                case 1:                                                 \
                        if (sizeof((x)) >= 8)                           \
@@ -223,9 +224,10 @@ extern int __get_user_64t_4(void *);
                        break;                                          \
                default: __e = __get_user_bad(); break;                 \
^ I think this assignment to __e should be replaced with an assignment
to __err?  We no longer need the register at this point and could skip
the assignment of x.
                }                                                       \
-               uaccess_restore(__ua_flags);                            \
+               __err = __e;                                            \
                x = (typeof(*(p))) __r2;                                \
-               __e;                                                    \
+               uaccess_restore(__ua_flags);                            \
+               __err;                                                  \
        })

 #define get_user(x, p)                                                 \
--
2.17.1

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

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