Re: [PATCH v2] x86/syscalls: Mark expected switch fall-throughs

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Tue Mar 26 2019 - 11:13:07 EST


On 03/23, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2019, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>
> > arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>
> Second thoughts. So this adds 28 /* fall through */ comments. Now I
> appreciate the effort, but can we pretty please look at the code in
> question and figure out whether the implementation makes sense in the first
> place before adding falltrough comments blindly?
>
> The whole exercise can be simplified. Untested patch below.
>
> Looking at that stuff makes me wonder about two things:
>
> 1) The third argument of get/set(), i.e. the argument offset, is 0 on all
> call sites. Do we need it at all?

Probably "maxargs" can be removed too, Steven sent the patches a long ago, see
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20161107212634.529267342@xxxxxxxxxxx/

> 2) syscall_set_arguments() has been introduced in 2008 and we still have
> no caller. Instead of polishing it, can it be removed completely or are
> there plans to actually use it?

I think it can die.

>
> Thanks,
>
> tglx
>
> 8<----------------
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h | 174 +++++++++++++++--------------------------
> 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
> @@ -114,126 +114,80 @@ static inline int syscall_get_arch(void)
>
> #else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
>
> +static inline unsigned long syscall_get_argreg(struct pt_regs *regs,
> + unsigned int idx)
> +{
> + switch (idx) {
> + case 0: return regs->di;
> + case 1: return regs->si;
> + case 2: return regs->dx;
> + case 3: return regs->r10;
> + case 4: return regs->r8;
> + case 5: return regs->r9;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
> + case 6: return regs->bx;
> + case 7: return regs->cx;
> + case 8: return regs->dx;
> + case 9: return regs->si;
> + case 10: return regs->di;
> + case 11: return regs->bp;
> +#endif
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
> struct pt_regs *regs,
> - unsigned int i, unsigned int n,
> + unsigned int idx, unsigned int cnt,
> unsigned long *args)
> {
> -# ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
> - if (task->thread_info.status & TS_COMPAT)
> - switch (i) {
> - case 0:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->bx;
> - case 1:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->cx;
> - case 2:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->dx;
> - case 3:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->si;
> - case 4:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->di;
> - case 5:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->bp;
> - case 6:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - default:
> - BUG();
> - break;
> - }
> - else
> -# endif
> - switch (i) {
> - case 0:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->di;
> - case 1:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->si;
> - case 2:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->dx;
> - case 3:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->r10;
> - case 4:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->r8;
> - case 5:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - *args++ = regs->r9;
> - case 6:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - default:
> - BUG();
> - break;
> - }
> + if (WARN_ON((idx + cnt) > 6))
> + return;
> +
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION) &&
> + task->thread_info.status & TS_COMPAT)
> + idx += 6;
> +
> + for (; cnt > 0; cnt--)
> + *args++ = syscall_get_argreg(regs, idx++);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void syscall_set_argreg(struct pt_regs *regs,
> + unsigned int idx,
> + unsigned long val)
> +{
> + switch (idx) {
> + case 0: regs->di = val; break;
> + case 1: regs->si = val; break;
> + case 2: regs->dx = val; break;
> + case 3: regs->r10 = val; break;
> + case 4: regs->r8 = val; break;
> + case 5: regs->r9 = val; break;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
> + case 6: regs->bx = val; break;
> + case 7: regs->cx = val; break;
> + case 8: regs->dx = val; break;
> + case 9: regs->si = val; break;
> + case 10: regs->di = val; break;
> + case 11: regs->bp = val; break;
> +#endif
> + }
> }
>
> static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
> struct pt_regs *regs,
> - unsigned int i, unsigned int n,
> + unsigned int idx, unsigned int cnt,
> const unsigned long *args)
> {
> -# ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
> - if (task->thread_info.status & TS_COMPAT)
> - switch (i) {
> - case 0:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->bx = *args++;
> - case 1:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->cx = *args++;
> - case 2:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->dx = *args++;
> - case 3:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->si = *args++;
> - case 4:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->di = *args++;
> - case 5:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->bp = *args++;
> - case 6:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - default:
> - BUG();
> - break;
> - }
> - else
> -# endif
> - switch (i) {
> - case 0:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->di = *args++;
> - case 1:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->si = *args++;
> - case 2:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->dx = *args++;
> - case 3:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->r10 = *args++;
> - case 4:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->r8 = *args++;
> - case 5:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - regs->r9 = *args++;
> - case 6:
> - if (!n--) break;
> - default:
> - BUG();
> - break;
> - }
> + if (WARN_ON((idx + cnt) > 6))
> + return;
> +
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION) &&
> + task->thread_info.status & TS_COMPAT)
> + idx += 6;
> +
> + for (; cnt > 0; cnt--)
> + syscall_set_argreg(regs, idx++, *args++);
> }
>
> static inline int syscall_get_arch(void)