Re: [PATCH 05/11] powerpc: Rework syscall_get_arguments() so there is only one loop

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Jul 27 2015 - 14:50:39 EST


On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently syscall_get_arguments() has two loops, one for compat and one
> for regular tasks. In prepartion for the next patch, which changes which
> registers we use, switch it to only have one loop, so we only have one
> place to update.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h | 19 ++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
> index cabe90133e69..403e2303fe18 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
> @@ -64,19 +64,16 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
> unsigned int i, unsigned int n,
> unsigned long *args)
> {
> + unsigned long mask = -1UL;
> +
> BUG_ON(i + n > 6);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
> - if (test_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_32BIT)) {
> - /*
> - * Zero-extend 32-bit argument values. The high bits are
> - * garbage ignored by the actual syscall dispatch.
> - */
> - while (n-- > 0)
> - args[n] = (u32) regs->gpr[3 + i + n];
> - return;
> - }
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> + if (test_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_32BIT))
> + mask = 0xffffffff;
> #endif
> - memcpy(args, &regs->gpr[3 + i], n * sizeof(args[0]));
> + while (n--)
> + args[n] = regs->gpr[3 + i + n] & mask;
> }
>
> static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
> --
> 2.1.0
>



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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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