[PATCH 1/3] arm64: uapi: Provide correct __BITS_PER_LONG for the compat vDSO

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Thu Aug 21 2025 - 03:59:25 EST


The generic vDSO library uses the UAPI headers. On arm64 __BITS_PER_LONG is
always '64' even when used from the compat vDSO. In that case __GENMASK()
does an illegal bitshift, invoking undefined behaviour.

Change __BITS_PER_LONG to also work when used from the comapt vDSO.
To not confuse real userspace, only do this when building the kernel.

Reported-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CANDhNCqvKOc9JgphQwr0eDyJiyG4oLFS9R8rSFvU0fpurrJFDg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: cd3557a7618b ("vdso/gettimeofday: Add support for auxiliary clocks")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
index 485d60bee26ca313ad15797f230efe10072befc9..d59730975f30c0764577ec20dfafa33373311e21 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/bitsperlong.h
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
#ifndef __ASM_BITSPERLONG_H
#define __ASM_BITSPERLONG_H

+#if defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__aarch64__)
+/* Used by the compat vDSO */
+#define __BITS_PER_LONG 32
+#else
#define __BITS_PER_LONG 64
+#endif

#include <asm-generic/bitsperlong.h>


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