Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] rseq: optimise rseq_get_rseq_cs() and clear_rseq_cs()

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Tue Apr 13 2021 - 14:22:25 EST


On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 8:00 PM Mathieu Desnoyers
<mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>

> As long as the ifdefs are localized within clearly identified wrappers in the
> rseq code I don't mind doing the special-casing there.
>
> The point which remains is that I don't think we want to optimize for speed
> on 32-bit architectures when it adds special-casing and complexity to the 32-bit
> build. I suspect there is less and less testing performed on 32-bit architectures
> nowadays, and it's good that as much code as possible is shared between 32-bit and
> 64-bit builds to share the test coverage.
>

Quite frankly V1 was fine, I can't really make it looking better.

> Thanks,
>
> Mathieu
>
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Mathieu
> >>
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/kernel/rseq.c b/kernel/rseq.c
> >> > index
> >> > f2eee3f7f5d330688c81cb2e57d47ca6b843873e..537b1f684efa11069990018ffa3642c209993011
> >> > 100644
> >> > --- a/kernel/rseq.c
> >> > +++ b/kernel/rseq.c
> >> > @@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ static int rseq_get_cs_ptr(struct rseq_cs __user **uptrp,
> >> > {
> >> > u32 ptr;
> >> >
> >> > + if (get_user(ptr, &rseq->rseq_cs.ptr.padding))
> >> > + return -EFAULT;
> >> > + if (ptr)
> >> > + return -EINVAL;
> >> > if (get_user(ptr, &rseq->rseq_cs.ptr.ptr32))
> >> > return -EFAULT;
> >> > *uptrp = (struct rseq_cs __user *)ptr;
> >> > @@ -150,8 +154,9 @@ static int rseq_get_rseq_cs(struct task_struct *t,
> >> > struct rseq_cs *rseq_cs)
> >> > u32 sig;
> >> > int ret;
> >> >
> >> > - if (rseq_get_cs_ptr(&urseq_cs, t->rseq))
> >> > - return -EFAULT;
> >> > + ret = rseq_get_cs_ptr(&urseq_cs, t->rseq);
> >> > + if (ret)
> >> > + return ret;
> >> > if (!urseq_cs) {
> >> > memset(rseq_cs, 0, sizeof(*rseq_cs));
> >> > return 0;
> >> > @@ -237,7 +242,8 @@ static int clear_rseq_cs(struct task_struct *t)
> >> > #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> >> > return put_user(0UL, &t->rseq->rseq_cs.ptr64);
> >> > #else
> >> > - return put_user(0UL, &t->rseq->rseq_cs.ptr.ptr32);
> >> > + return put_user(0UL, &t->rseq->rseq_cs.ptr.ptr32) |
> >> > + put_user(0UL, &t->rseq->rseq_cs.ptr.padding);
> >> > #endif
> >> > }
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mathieu Desnoyers
> >> EfficiOS Inc.
> > > http://www.efficios.com
>
> --
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> EfficiOS Inc.
> http://www.efficios.com