[PATCH 1/4] [Cleanup] x86: signal: unify the sigaltstack check with other arches

From: Stas Sergeev
Date: Mon Mar 07 2016 - 11:40:44 EST


Currently x86's get_sigframe() checks for "current->sas_ss_size"
to determine whether there is a need to switch to sigaltstack.
The common practice used by all other arches is to check for
sas_ss_flags(sp) == 0

This patch makes the code consistent with other arches.
The slight complexity of the patch is added by the optimization on
!sigstack check that was requested by Andy Lutomirski: sas_ss_flags(sp)==0
already implies that we are not on a sigstack, so the code is shuffled
to avoid the duplicate checking.

This patch have no any user-visible impact. It is purely a cleanup.

CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
CC: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 23 +++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index cb6282c..285183b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -213,18 +213,17 @@ get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs, size_t frame_size,
if (config_enabled(CONFIG_X86_64))
sp -= 128;

- if (!onsigstack) {
- /* This is the X/Open sanctioned signal stack switching. */
- if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) {
- if (current->sas_ss_size)
- sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;
- } else if (config_enabled(CONFIG_X86_32) &&
- (regs->ss & 0xffff) != __USER_DS &&
- !(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER) &&
- ka->sa.sa_restorer) {
- /* This is the legacy signal stack switching. */
- sp = (unsigned long) ka->sa.sa_restorer;
- }
+ /* This is the X/Open sanctioned signal stack switching. */
+ if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) {
+ if (sas_ss_flags(sp) == 0)
+ sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size;
+ } else if (config_enabled(CONFIG_X86_32) &&
+ !onsigstack &&
+ (regs->ss & 0xffff) != __USER_DS &&
+ !(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER) &&
+ ka->sa.sa_restorer) {
+ /* This is the legacy signal stack switching. */
+ sp = (unsigned long) ka->sa.sa_restorer;
}

if (fpu->fpstate_active) {
--
2.7.2