[PATCH 0/5] x86/fpu: Restore and reinforce signal frame portability

From: Andrei Vagin

Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 16:51:50 EST


The x86 signal frame is designed to be self-describing. The xstate_size
field in the software-reserved bytes indicates the actual size of the
xstate context and is used by the kernel to locate the FP_XSTATE_MAGIC2
marker during signal return.

This design is required to provide portability of signal frames across
different machines. For example, a process checkpointed on a system with
fewer xstate features and restored on a system with more features will
have a signal frame on its stack that is smaller than the destination
host's default. By relying on the frame's internal xstate_size, the
kernel can correctly validate and restore such frames.

This series addresses a regression introduced in commit dc8aa31a7ac2
("x86/fpu: Refine and simplify the magic number check during signal
return").

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx>

Andrei Vagin (5):
Revert "x86/fpu: Refine and simplify the magic number check during
signal return"
x86/fpu: Document signal frame portability
selftests/x86: Add a test for signal frame portability
x86/fpu: Add consistency check between xstate_size and xfeatures
selftests/x86: Add a consistency test for signal frames

Documentation/arch/x86/xstate.rst | 14 +-
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h | 13 +-
arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c | 36 +++-
arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.h | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile | 5 +-
.../selftests/x86/sigframe_portability.c | 189 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/x86/xstate.c | 5 -
tools/testing/selftests/x86/xstate.h | 12 ++
9 files changed, 260 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigframe_portability.c

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