Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched: Add helper for task stack page overrun checking

From: Aaron Tomlin
Date: Thu Sep 04 2014 - 11:54:47 EST


On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 05:02:34PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 09/04, Aaron Tomlin wrote:
> >
> > +#define task_stack_end_corrupted(task) \
> > + (*(end_of_stack(task)) != STACK_END_MAGIC)
>
> and it is always used along with "tsk != init_task".
>
> But why we exclude swapper/0? Can't we add
>
> end_of_stack(current) = STACK_END_MAGIC;
>
> somewhere at the start of start_kernel() ?

Good point. I can look into it.

> If not, perhaps this new helper should check "task != &init_task"
> itself so that we can simplify its users?
>
> Oleg.
>
> >
> > static inline int object_is_on_stack(void *obj)
> > {
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> > index 8a4e5cb..06c7390 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> > @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
> > #include <linux/sysctl.h>
> > #include <linux/init.h>
> > #include <linux/fs.h>
> > -#include <linux/magic.h>
> >
> > #include <asm/setup.h>
> >
> > @@ -171,8 +170,8 @@ check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack)
> > i++;
> > }
> >
> > - if ((current != &init_task &&
> > - *(end_of_stack(current)) != STACK_END_MAGIC)) {
> > + if (current != &init_task &&
> > + task_stack_end_corrupted(current)) {
> > print_max_stack();
> > BUG();
> > }
> > --
> > 1.9.3
> >
>

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Aaron Tomlin
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