[RFC PATCH 1/8] powerpc/32: drop ksp_limit based stack overflow detection

From: Christophe Leroy
Date: Mon Dec 23 2019 - 10:26:16 EST


PPC32 implements a specific early stack overflow detection.

This detection is inherited from ppc arch (before the merge of
ppc and ppc64 into powerpc). At that time, there was no irqstacks
and the verification was simply to check that the stack pointer
was still over the stack base. But when irqstacks were implemented,
it was not possible to perform a simple check anymore so a
thread specific value called ksp_limit was introduced in the
task_struct and is updated at every stack switch in order to
keep track of the limit and perform the verification.

ppc64 didn't have this but had a verification during IRQs. This
verification was then extended to PPC32 and can be selected through
CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW.

In the meantime, thread_info has moved away from the stack, reducing
the impact of a stack overflow.

In addition, there is CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK which can be used
to check that the magic stored at stack base has not be overwritten.

Remove this PPC32 specific stack overflow mechanism in order to
simplify ongoing work which also aim at reducing even more risks of
stack overflow:
- Switch to irqstack in IRQ exception entry in ASM
- VMAP stack

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h | 1 -
arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h | 3 --
arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 2 --
arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 57 -------------------------------
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S | 2 --
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h | 1 -
arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S | 14 --------
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 3 --
arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c | 9 -----
arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c | 9 -----
10 files changed, 101 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
index 983c0084fb3f..90e9c6e415af 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ void RunModeException(struct pt_regs *regs);
void single_step_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
void program_check_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
void alignment_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
-void StackOverflow(struct pt_regs *regs);
void kernel_fp_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
void altivec_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
void vsx_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index a9993e7a443b..a9552048c20b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ struct thread_struct {
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
void *pgdir; /* root of page-table tree */
- unsigned long ksp_limit; /* if ksp <= ksp_limit stack overflow */
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_RTAS
unsigned long rtas_sp; /* stack pointer for when in RTAS */
#endif
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ struct thread_struct {
#define ARCH_MIN_TASKALIGN 16

#define INIT_SP (sizeof(init_stack) + (unsigned long) &init_stack)
-#define INIT_SP_LIMIT ((unsigned long)&init_stack)

#ifdef CONFIG_SPE
#define SPEFSCR_INIT \
@@ -282,7 +280,6 @@ struct thread_struct {
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
#define INIT_THREAD { \
.ksp = INIT_SP, \
- .ksp_limit = INIT_SP_LIMIT, \
.addr_limit = KERNEL_DS, \
.pgdir = swapper_pg_dir, \
.fpexc_mode = MSR_FE0 | MSR_FE1, \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 3d47aec7becf..d936db6b702f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ int main(void)
DEFINE(SIGSEGV, SIGSEGV);
DEFINE(NMI_MASK, NMI_MASK);
#else
- OFFSET(KSP_LIMIT, thread_struct, ksp_limit);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_RTAS
OFFSET(RTAS_SP, thread_struct, rtas_sp);
#endif
@@ -353,7 +352,6 @@ int main(void)
DEFINE(_CSRR1, STACK_INT_FRAME_SIZE+offsetof(struct exception_regs, csrr1));
DEFINE(_DSRR0, STACK_INT_FRAME_SIZE+offsetof(struct exception_regs, dsrr0));
DEFINE(_DSRR1, STACK_INT_FRAME_SIZE+offsetof(struct exception_regs, dsrr1));
- DEFINE(SAVED_KSP_LIMIT, STACK_INT_FRAME_SIZE+offsetof(struct exception_regs, saved_ksp_limit));
#endif
#endif

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index d60908ea37fb..bf11b464a17b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ crit_transfer_to_handler:
stw r0,_SRR0(r11)
mfspr r0,SPRN_SRR1
stw r0,_SRR1(r11)
-
- /* set the stack limit to the current stack */
- mfspr r8,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
- lwz r0,KSP_LIMIT(r8)
- stw r0,SAVED_KSP_LIMIT(r11)
- rlwinm r0,r1,0,0,(31 - THREAD_SHIFT)
- stw r0,KSP_LIMIT(r8)
/* fall through */
#endif

@@ -107,13 +100,6 @@ crit_transfer_to_handler:
stw r0,crit_srr0@l(0)
mfspr r0,SPRN_SRR1
stw r0,crit_srr1@l(0)
-
- /* set the stack limit to the current stack */
- mfspr r8,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
- lwz r0,KSP_LIMIT(r8)
- stw r0,saved_ksp_limit@l(0)
- rlwinm r0,r1,0,0,(31 - THREAD_SHIFT)
- stw r0,KSP_LIMIT(r8)
/* fall through */
#endif

@@ -181,9 +167,6 @@ transfer_to_handler:
*/
kuap_save_and_lock r11, r12, r9, r2, r0
addi r2, r12, -THREAD
- lwz r9,KSP_LIMIT(r12)
- cmplw r1,r9 /* if r1 <= ksp_limit */
- ble- stack_ovf /* then the kernel stack overflowed */
5:
#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32) || defined(CONFIG_E500)
lwz r12,TI_LOCAL_FLAGS(r2)
@@ -287,32 +270,6 @@ reenable_mmu:
b fast_exception_return
#endif

-/*
- * On kernel stack overflow, load up an initial stack pointer
- * and call StackOverflow(regs), which should not return.
- */
-stack_ovf:
- /* sometimes we use a statically-allocated stack, which is OK. */
- lis r12,_end@h
- ori r12,r12,_end@l
- cmplw r1,r12
- ble 5b /* r1 <= &_end is OK */
- SAVE_NVGPRS(r11)
- addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
- lis r1,init_thread_union@ha
- addi r1,r1,init_thread_union@l
- addi r1,r1,THREAD_SIZE-STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
- lis r9,StackOverflow@ha
- addi r9,r9,StackOverflow@l
- LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r10,MSR_KERNEL)
-#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx) && defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)
- mtspr SPRN_NRI, r0
-#endif
- mtspr SPRN_SRR0,r9
- mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r10
- SYNC
- RFI
-
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
trace_syscall_entry_irq_off:
/*
@@ -1142,11 +1099,6 @@ exc_exit_restart_end:
#ifdef CONFIG_40x
.globl ret_from_crit_exc
ret_from_crit_exc:
- mfspr r9,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
- lis r10,saved_ksp_limit@ha;
- lwz r10,saved_ksp_limit@l(r10);
- tovirt(r9,r9);
- stw r10,KSP_LIMIT(r9)
lis r9,crit_srr0@ha;
lwz r9,crit_srr0@l(r9);
lis r10,crit_srr1@ha;
@@ -1159,18 +1111,12 @@ ret_from_crit_exc:
#ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE
.globl ret_from_crit_exc
ret_from_crit_exc:
- mfspr r9,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
- lwz r10,SAVED_KSP_LIMIT(r1)
- stw r10,KSP_LIMIT(r9)
RESTORE_xSRR(SRR0,SRR1);
RESTORE_MMU_REGS;
RET_FROM_EXC_LEVEL(SPRN_CSRR0, SPRN_CSRR1, PPC_RFCI)

.globl ret_from_debug_exc
ret_from_debug_exc:
- mfspr r9,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
- lwz r10,SAVED_KSP_LIMIT(r1)
- stw r10,KSP_LIMIT(r9)
RESTORE_xSRR(SRR0,SRR1);
RESTORE_xSRR(CSRR0,CSRR1);
RESTORE_MMU_REGS;
@@ -1178,9 +1124,6 @@ ret_from_debug_exc:

.globl ret_from_mcheck_exc
ret_from_mcheck_exc:
- mfspr r9,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
- lwz r10,SAVED_KSP_LIMIT(r1)
- stw r10,KSP_LIMIT(r9)
RESTORE_xSRR(SRR0,SRR1);
RESTORE_xSRR(CSRR0,CSRR1);
RESTORE_xSRR(DSRR0,DSRR1);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
index 585ea1976550..4511fc1549f7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ _ENTRY(crit_srr0)
.space 4
_ENTRY(crit_srr1)
.space 4
-_ENTRY(saved_ksp_limit)
- .space 4

/*
* Exception prolog for critical exceptions. This is a little different
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
index 2ae635df9026..41dd53846e0c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
@@ -525,7 +525,6 @@ struct exception_regs {
unsigned long csrr1;
unsigned long dsrr0;
unsigned long dsrr1;
- unsigned long saved_ksp_limit;
};

/* ensure this structure is always sized to a multiple of the stack alignment */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index d80212be8698..bb5995fa6884 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -27,23 +27,14 @@

.text

-/*
- * We store the saved ksp_limit in the unused part
- * of the STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
- */
_GLOBAL(call_do_softirq)
mflr r0
stw r0,4(r1)
- lwz r10,THREAD+KSP_LIMIT(r2)
- stw r3, THREAD+KSP_LIMIT(r2)
stwu r1,THREAD_SIZE-STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD(r3)
mr r1,r3
- stw r10,8(r1)
bl __do_softirq
- lwz r10,8(r1)
lwz r1,0(r1)
lwz r0,4(r1)
- stw r10,THREAD+KSP_LIMIT(r2)
mtlr r0
blr

@@ -53,16 +44,11 @@ _GLOBAL(call_do_softirq)
_GLOBAL(call_do_irq)
mflr r0
stw r0,4(r1)
- lwz r10,THREAD+KSP_LIMIT(r2)
- stw r4, THREAD+KSP_LIMIT(r2)
stwu r1,THREAD_SIZE-STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD(r4)
mr r1,r4
- stw r10,8(r1)
bl __do_irq
- lwz r10,8(r1)
lwz r1,0(r1)
lwz r0,4(r1)
- stw r10,THREAD+KSP_LIMIT(r2)
mtlr r0
blr

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 4df94b6e2f32..49d0ebf28ab9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1657,9 +1657,6 @@ int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
kregs = (struct pt_regs *) sp;
sp -= STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD;
p->thread.ksp = sp;
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
- p->thread.ksp_limit = (unsigned long)end_of_stack(p);
-#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
p->thread.ptrace_bps[0] = NULL;
#endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 014ff0701f24..ee641dd8eb90 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1628,15 +1628,6 @@ void alignment_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
exception_exit(prev_state);
}

-void StackOverflow(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- pr_crit("Kernel stack overflow in process %s[%d], r1=%lx\n",
- current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), regs->gpr[1]);
- debugger(regs);
- show_regs(regs);
- panic("kernel stack overflow");
-}
-
void kernel_fp_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
enum ctx_state prev_state = exception_enter();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
index c077acb983a1..390f43f1d4d8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
@@ -2701,15 +2701,6 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(analyse_instr);
*/
static nokprobe_inline int handle_stack_update(unsigned long ea, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
- /*
- * Check if we will touch kernel stack overflow
- */
- if (ea - STACK_INT_FRAME_SIZE <= current->thread.ksp_limit) {
- printk(KERN_CRIT "Can't kprobe this since kernel stack would overflow.\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC32 */
/*
* Check if we already set since that means we'll
* lose the previous value.
--
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