Re: [PATCH v2] ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_RSEQ_CONFIGURATION request

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

----- On Feb 26, 2021, at 11:04 AM, emmir emmir@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 16:32, Mathieu Desnoyers
> <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> ----- On Feb 26, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Piotr Figiel figiel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> [...]
>> > ---
>> > v2:
>> > Applied review comments:
>> > - changed return value from the ptrace request to the size of the
>> >   configuration structure
>> > - expanded configuration structure with the flags field and
>> >   the rseq abi structure size
>> >
>> [...]
>> > +#define PTRACE_GET_RSEQ_CONFIGURATION        0x420f
>> > +
>> > +struct ptrace_rseq_configuration {
>> > +     __u64 rseq_abi_pointer;
>> > +     __u32 rseq_abi_size;
>> > +     __u32 signature;
>> > +     __u32 flags;
>> > +     __u32 pad;
>> > +};
>> > +
>> [...]
>> > +#ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ
>> > +static long ptrace_get_rseq_configuration(struct task_struct *task,
>> > +                                       unsigned long size, void __user *data)
>> > +{
>> > +     struct ptrace_rseq_configuration conf = {
>> > +             .rseq_abi_pointer = (u64)(uintptr_t)task->rseq,
>> > +             .rseq_abi_size = sizeof(*task->rseq),
>> > +             .signature = task->rseq_sig,
>> > +             .flags = 0,
>> > +     };
>> > +
>> > +     size = min_t(unsigned long, size, sizeof(conf));
>> > +     if (copy_to_user(data, &conf, size))
>> > +             return -EFAULT;
>> > +     return sizeof(conf);
>> > +}
>>
>> I think what Florian was after would be:
>>
>> struct ptrace_rseq_configuration {
>>         __u32 size;  /* size of struct ptrace_rseq_configuration */
>>         __u32 flags;
>>         __u64 rseq_abi_pointer;
>>         __u32 signature;
>>         __u32 pad;
>> };
>>
>> where:
>>
>>     .size = sizeof(struct ptrace_rseq_configuration),
>>
>> This way, the configuration structure can be expanded in the future. The
>> rseq ABI structure is by definition fixed-size, so there is no point in
>> having its size here.
>>
>> Florian, did I understand your request correctly, or am I missing your point ?
> 
> In this case returning sizeof(conf) would serve the same purpose, wouldn't it?

If the size is received as input from user-space as well, this can be used to
make sure the kernel detects what size is expected by user-space and act accordingly.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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