Re: [patch 02/22] powerpc: fix incorrect SA_ONSTACK behaviour for64-bit processes

From: Laurent MEYER
Date: Mon Apr 24 2006 - 04:28:04 EST




> -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> ------------------
> From: Laurent MEYER <meyerlau@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> *) When setting a sighandler using sigaction() call, if the flag
> SA_ONSTACK is set and no alternate stack is provided via sigaltstack(),
> the kernel still try to install the alternate stack. This behavior is
> the opposite of the one which is documented in Single Unix
> Specifications V3.
>
> *) Also when setting an alternate stack using sigaltstack() with the
> flag SS_DISABLE, the kernel try to install the alternate stack on
> signal delivery.
>
> These two use cases makes the process crash at signal delivery.
>
> This fixes it.
>


As we got the bug on powerpc64 and s390 i checked others architecture,
and the same bug seems to appear on arch:
- alpha
- frv
- h8300
- m68knommu
- m68k
- parisc
- sh64
- v850
- xtensa

Please find enclosed the patch that fixes it. Forgive me i have not
tested this patch as i don't have all the corresponding machines. But
the bug seems to be quite the same.

Regards

Signed-off-by: Laurent Meyer <meyerlau@xxxxxxxxxx>

Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 15:17:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
static inline void __user *
get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, unsigned long sp, size_t frame_size)
{
- if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! on_sig_stack(sp))
+ if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! sas_ss_flags(sp))
sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;

return (void __user *)((sp - frame_size) & -32ul);
Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 15:25:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@

/* This is the X/Open sanctioned signal stack switching. */
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) {
- if (! on_sig_stack(sp))
+ if (! sas_ss_flags(sp))
sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;
}

Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 15:35:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@

/* This is the X/Open sanctioned signal stack switching. */
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) {
- if (!on_sig_stack(usp))
+ if (!sas_ss_flags(usp))
usp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;
}
return (void *)((usp - frame_size) & -8UL);
Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/m68knommu/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/m68knommu/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/m68knommu/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 15:46:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@

/* This is the X/Open sanctioned signal stack switching. */
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) {
- if (!on_sig_stack(usp))
+ if (!sas_ss_flags(usp))
usp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;
}
return (void *)((usp - frame_size) & -8UL);
Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 15:42:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@

/* This is the X/Open sanctioned signal stack switching. */
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) {
- if (!on_sig_stack(usp))
+ if (!sas_ss_flags(usp))
usp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;
}
return (void __user *)((usp - frame_size) & -8UL);
Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 15:55:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
DBG(1,"get_sigframe: ka = %#lx, sp = %#lx, frame_size = %#lx\n",
(unsigned long)ka, sp, frame_size);

- if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! on_sig_stack(sp))
+ if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! sas_ss_flags(sp))
sp = current->sas_ss_sp; /* Stacks grow up! */

DBG(1,"get_sigframe: Returning sp = %#lx\n", (unsigned long)sp);
Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/sh64/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/sh64/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/sh64/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 16:02:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
static inline void __user *
get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, unsigned long sp, size_t frame_size)
{
- if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! on_sig_stack(sp))
+ if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! sas_ss_flags(sp))
sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;

return (void __user *)((sp - frame_size) & -8ul);
Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/v850/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/v850/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/v850/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 16:11:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
/* Default to using normal stack */
unsigned long sp = regs->gpr[GPR_SP];

- if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! on_sig_stack(sp))
+ if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! sas_ss_flags(sp))
sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;

return (void *)((sp - frame_size) & -8UL);
Index: 2.6.16.5/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.16.5.orig/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c 2006-03-20 06:53:29.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6.16.5/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c 2006-04-17 16:16:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
static inline void *
get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, unsigned long sp, size_t frame_size)
{
- if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! on_sig_stack(sp))
+ if ((ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) != 0 && ! sas_ss_flags(sp))
sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;

return (void *)((sp - frame_size) & -16ul);