# Re: \[PATCH v5 1/5\] uapi: Move the aux vector AT\_MINSIGSTKSZ define to uapi

- From: Dave Martin \<Dave.Martin@arm.com\>
- Date: 2021-02-04 15:57:39 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2021/02/6258744
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2021/02/6257427/t.md

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On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 09:22:38AM -0800, Chang S. Bae wrote:
> Move the AT_MINSIGSTKSZ definition to generic Linux from arm64. It is
> already used as generic ABI in glibc's generic elf.h, and this move will
> prevent future namespace conflicts. In particular, x86 will re-use this
> generic definition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <redacted>
> Reviewed-by: Len Brown <redacted>
> Cc: Carlos O'Donell <redacted>
> Cc: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> ---
> Change from v4:
> * Added as a new patch (Carlos O'Donell)
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h | 1 -
>  include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h          | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
> index 743c0b84fd30..767d710c92aa 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
> @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
>  
>  /* vDSO location */
>  #define AT_SYSINFO_EHDR	33
> -#define AT_MINSIGSTKSZ	51	/* stack needed for signal delivery */

Since this is UAPI, I'm wondering whether we should try to preserve this
definition for users of <asm/auxvec.h>.  (Indeed, it is not uncommon to
include <asm/> headers in userspace hackery, since the <linux/> headers
tend to interact badly with the the libc headers.)

In C11 at least, duplicate #defines are not an error if the definitions
are the same.  I don't know about the history, but I suspect this was
true for older standards too.  So maybe we can just keep this definition
with a duplicate definition in the common header.

Otherwise, we could have

#ifndef AT_MINSIGSTKSZ
#define AT_MINSIGSTKSZ 51
#endif

in include/linux/uapi/auxvec.h, and keep the arm64 header unchanged.

>  
>  #define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 2 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
>  
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h b/include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h
> index abe5f2b6581b..cc4fa77bd2a7 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h
> @@ -33,5 +33,6 @@
>  
>  #define AT_EXECFN  31	/* filename of program */
>  
> +#define AT_MINSIGSTKSZ	51	/* stack needed for signal delivery  */
>  
>  #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_AUXVEC_H */

Otherwise, this looks fine as a concept.

AFAICT, no other arch is already using the value 51.

If nobody else objects to the loss of the definition from arm64's
<asm/auxvec.h> then I guess I can put up with that -- but I will wait to
see if anyone gives a view first.

Cheers
---Dave

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