Thread (18 messages) 18 messages, 5 authors, 2023-09-25

Re: [PATCH] tracing/user_events: align uaddr on unsigned long alignment

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2023-09-14 17:16:44
Also in: lkml

On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:11:02 +0200
Clément Léger [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
@@ -511,13 +511,19 @@ static int user_event_enabler_write(struct user_event_mm *mm,
 	}
 
 	kaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
+
+	bit_offset = uaddr & (sizeof(unsigned long) - 1);
+	if (bit_offset) {
+		bit_offset *= 8;
+		uaddr &= ~(sizeof(unsigned long) - 1);
+	}
 	ptr = kaddr + (uaddr & ~PAGE_MASK);
 
 	/* Update bit atomically, user tracers must be atomic as well */
 	if (enabler->event && enabler->event->status)
-		set_bit(ENABLE_BIT(enabler), ptr);
+		set_bit(ENABLE_BIT(enabler) + bit_offset, ptr);
 	else
-		clear_bit(ENABLE_BIT(enabler), ptr);
+		clear_bit(ENABLE_BIT(enabler) + bit_offset, ptr);
 
 	kunmap_local(kaddr);
 	unpin_user_pages_dirty_lock(&page, 1, true);
Does this work for big endian machines too?

Little endian layout:

 uaddr = 0xbeef0004
 enabler = 1;

 memory at 0xbeef0000:  00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00
                                    ^
                                    addr: 0xbeef0004

				(enabler is set )

	bitoffset = uaddr & (sizeof(unsigned long) - 1); bitoffset = 4
	bit_offset *= 8;				 bitoffset = 32
	uaddr &= ~(sizeof(unsigned long) - 1);		 uaddr = 0xbeef0000

	ptr = kaddr + (uaddr & ~PAGE_MASK);

	clear_bit(1 + 32, ptr);

 memory at 0xbeef0000:  00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00
                                     ^
				bit 33 of 0xbeef0000

Now lets look at big endian layout:

 uaddr = 0xbeef0004
 enabler = 1;

 memory at 0xbeef0000:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02
                                    ^
                                    addr: 0xbeef0004

				(enabler is set )

	bitoffset = uaddr & (sizeof(unsigned long) - 1); bitoffset = 4
	bit_offset *= 8;				 bitoffset = 32
	uaddr &= ~(sizeof(unsigned long) - 1);		 uaddr = 0xbeef0000

	ptr = kaddr + (uaddr & ~PAGE_MASK);

	clear_bit(1 + 32, ptr);

 memory at 0xbeef0000:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02
                                  ^
				bit 33 of 0xbeef0000

I don't think that's what you expected!

-- Steve
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