Re: [PATCH] riscv: Return -EFAULT if copy_to_user() failed in signal.c

[Tiezhu Yang]

On 03/02/2021 06:01 PM, Ben Dooks wrote:
> On 02/03/2021 07:28, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> > copy_to_user() returns the amount left to copy, it should return -EFAULT
> > if copy to user failed.
>
> This looks technically correct, but the caller (only one)
> will check for non-zero and will covert that to -EFAULT
> in setup_rt_frame().

Yes, as you said, the original code logic has no problem, it will covert
that to -EFAULT in setup_rt_frame().

The initial aim of this patch is to make save_fp_state() return error code
if __copy_to_user() failed, just like it returns -EFAULT if __put_user() 
failed.

I notice that restore_fp_state() has similar issue, it will return -EFAULT
if __get_user() failed and maybe return -EINVAL in the other error case,
both -EFAULT and -EINVAL are error code, but when __copy_from_user() failed,
it does not return an error code, which seems not so consistent.

> I expect if this change is done, it also needs to be done
> for the callers too and there's a few others than assume
> !=0 is an error.
>
> I think it would be easier to define save_fp_state() to
> return non-zero on error and note it does not return an
> error code. It may be worth exiting the functio nif
> the first __copy_to_user fails?

Now,
(1) is it necessary to do some changes? If yes, I will send v2 later.
Like this:

[PATCH v2] riscv: Return -EFAULT if copy_{to,from}_user() failed in
 signal.c

copy_{to,from}_user() returns the amount left to copy, it should return
-EFAULT error code if copy {to,from} user failed, just like the return
value is an error code when {put,get}_user() failed, this is to make the
return value consistent, no function change.

Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
index 65942b3..c76d877 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static long restore_fp_state(struct pt_regs *regs,

     err = __copy_from_user(&current->thread.fstate, state, 
sizeof(*state));
     if (unlikely(err))
-        return err;
+        return -EFAULT;

     fstate_restore(current, regs);

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static long save_fp_state(struct pt_regs *regs,
     fstate_save(current, regs);
     err = __copy_to_user(state, &current->thread.fstate, sizeof(*state));
     if (unlikely(err))
-        return err;
+        return -EFAULT;

     /* We support no other extension state at this time. */
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sc_fpregs->q.reserved); i++) {
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ static long restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs,
     struct sigcontext __user *sc)
 {
     long err;
+
     /* sc_regs is structured the same as the start of pt_regs */
     err = __copy_from_user(regs, &sc->sc_regs, sizeof(sc->sc_regs));
+    if (unlikely(err))
+        return -EFAULT;
+
     /* Restore the floating-point state. */
     if (has_fpu)
         err |= restore_fp_state(regs, &sc->sc_fpregs);
@@ -140,8 +144,12 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct rt_sigframe 
__user *frame,
 {
     struct sigcontext __user *sc = &frame->uc.uc_mcontext;
     long err;
+
     /* sc_regs is structured the same as the start of pt_regs */
     err = __copy_to_user(&sc->sc_regs, regs, sizeof(sc->sc_regs));
+    if (unlikely(err))
+        return -EFAULT;
+
     /* Save the floating-point state. */
     if (has_fpu)
         err |= save_fp_state(regs, &sc->sc_fpregs);
--
2.1.0

(2) or just leave it as it is and ignore this patch?

Thanks,
Tiezhu

> Note: setup_rt_frame -> setup_sigcontext -> save_fp_frame
>
> > Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c | 6 +++++-
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
> > index 65942b3..2238fc5 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
> > @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static long save_fp_state(struct pt_regs *regs,
> >       fstate_save(current, regs);
> >       err = __copy_to_user(state, &current->thread.fstate, 
> > sizeof(*state));
> >       if (unlikely(err))
> > -        return err;
> > +        return -EFAULT;
> >         /* We support no other extension state at this time. */
> >       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sc_fpregs->q.reserved); i++) {
> > @@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct rt_sigframe 
> > __user *frame,
> >   {
> >       struct sigcontext __user *sc = &frame->uc.uc_mcontext;
> >       long err;
> > +
> >       /* sc_regs is structured the same as the start of pt_regs */
> >       err = __copy_to_user(&sc->sc_regs, regs, sizeof(sc->sc_regs));
> > +    if (unlikely(err))
> > +        return -EFAULT;
> > +
> >       /* Save the floating-point state. */
> >       if (has_fpu)
> >           err |= save_fp_state(regs, &sc->sc_fpregs);