[PATCH v3] elf loader support for auxvec base platform string
From: Nathan Lynch <hidden>
Date: 2008-07-17 22:19:50
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Subsystem:
exec & binfmt api, elf, filesystems (vfs and infrastructure), the rest · Maintainers:
Kees Cook, Alexander Viro, Christian Brauner, Linus Torvalds
Some IBM POWER-based platforms have the ability to run in a mode which mostly appears to the OS as a different processor from the actual hardware. For example, a Power6 system may appear to be a Power5+, which makes the AT_PLATFORM value "power5+". This means that programs are restricted to the ISA supported by Power5+; Power6-specific instructions are treated as illegal. However, some applications (virtual machines, optimized libraries) can benefit from knowledge of the underlying CPU model. A new aux vector entry, AT_BASE_PLATFORM, will denote the actual hardware. For example, on a Power6 system in Power5+ compatibility mode, AT_PLATFORM will be "power5+" and AT_BASE_PLATFORM will be "power6". The idea is that AT_PLATFORM indicates the instruction set supported, while AT_BASE_PLATFORM indicates the underlying microarchitecture. If the architecture has defined ELF_BASE_PLATFORM, copy that value to the user stack in the same manner as ELF_PLATFORM. Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <redacted> --- Added comment explaining ELF_BASE_PLATFORM. fs/binfmt_elf.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/auxvec.h | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index d48ff5f..d8a7cc0 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ static int padzero(unsigned long elf_bss) #define STACK_ALLOC(sp, len) ({ sp -= len ; sp; }) #endif +#ifndef ELF_BASE_PLATFORM +/* + * AT_BASE_PLATFORM indicates the "real" hardware/microarchitecture. + * If the arch defines ELF_BASE_PLATFORM (in asm/elf.h), the value + * will be copied to the user stack in the same manner as AT_PLATFORM. + */ +#define ELF_BASE_PLATFORM NULL +#endif + static int create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec, unsigned long load_addr, unsigned long interp_load_addr)
@@ -142,7 +151,9 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec, elf_addr_t __user *envp; elf_addr_t __user *sp; elf_addr_t __user *u_platform; + elf_addr_t __user *u_base_platform; const char *k_platform = ELF_PLATFORM; + const char *k_base_platform = ELF_BASE_PLATFORM; int items; elf_addr_t *elf_info; int ei_index = 0;
@@ -172,6 +183,19 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec, return -EFAULT; } + /* + * If this architecture has a "base" platform capability + * string, copy it to userspace. + */ + u_base_platform = NULL; + if (k_base_platform) { + size_t len = strlen(k_base_platform) + 1; + + u_base_platform = (elf_addr_t __user *)STACK_ALLOC(p, len); + if (__copy_to_user(u_base_platform, k_base_platform, len)) + return -EFAULT; + } + /* Create the ELF interpreter info */ elf_info = (elf_addr_t *)current->mm->saved_auxv; /* update AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE if the number of NEW_AUX_ENT() changes */
@@ -208,6 +232,10 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec, NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PLATFORM, (elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_platform); } + if (k_base_platform) { + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE_PLATFORM, + (elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_base_platform); + } if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD) { NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EXECFD, bprm->interp_data); }
diff --git a/include/linux/auxvec.h b/include/linux/auxvec.h
index ad89545..1adc61d 100644
--- a/include/linux/auxvec.h
+++ b/include/linux/auxvec.h@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ #define AT_SECURE 23 /* secure mode boolean */ +#define AT_BASE_PLATFORM 38 /* string identifying real platform, may + * differ from AT_PLATFORM. */ + #ifdef __KERNEL__ -#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE (14 + 2) /* NEW_AUX_ENT entries in auxiliary table */ +#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE (14 + 3) /* NEW_AUX_ENT entries in auxiliary table */ #endif #endif /* _LINUX_AUXVEC_H */
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