Re: [RFC PATCH 02/15] rseq: Remove broken uapi field layout on 32-bit little endian

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:12:40PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> The rseq rseq_cs.ptr.{ptr32,padding} uapi endianness handling is
> entirely wrong on 32-bit little endian: a preprocessor logic mistake
> wrongly uses the big endian field layout on 32-bit little endian
> architectures.
> 
> Fortunately, those ptr32 accessors were never used within the kernel,
> and only meant as a convenience for user-space.
> 
> Remove those and only leave the "ptr64" union field, as this is the only
> thing really needed to express the ABI. Document how 32-bit
> architectures are meant to interact with this "ptr64" union field.
> 
> Fixes: ec9c82e03a74 ("rseq: uapi: Declare rseq_cs field as union, update includes")
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Florian Weimer <fw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Watson <davejwatson@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/rseq.h | 17 ++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h b/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h
> index 9a402fdb60e9..31290f2424a7 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h
> @@ -105,22 +105,13 @@ struct rseq {
>  	 * Read and set by the kernel. Set by user-space with single-copy
>  	 * atomicity semantics. This field should only be updated by the
>  	 * thread which registered this data structure. Aligned on 64-bit.
> +	 *
> +	 * 32-bit architectures should update the low order bits of the
> +	 * rseq_cs.ptr64 field, leaving the high order bits initialized
> +	 * to 0.
>  	 */
>  	union {

A bit unfortunate we seem to have to keep the union around even though
it's just one field now.