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Message-ID: <20170308214956.GF21222@n2100.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 21:49:56 +0000
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/4] arm/syscalls: Specific usage of
verify_pre_usermode_state
On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 01:38:43PM -0800, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> Implement specific usage of verify_pre_usermode_state for user-mode
> returns for arm.
> ---
> Based on next-20170308
> ---
> arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 0d4e71b42c77..704fd8f197fa 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config ARM
> select ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
> select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
> select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
> + select ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE
> select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
> select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT if CPU_V7
> select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> index eb5cd77bf1d8..80cfdc7fabde 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
> ret_fast_syscall:
> UNWIND(.fnstart )
> UNWIND(.cantunwind )
> + push {r0} @ save returned r0
> + bl verify_pre_usermode_state
> + pop {r0} @ restore r0
This really makes the fast exit utterly pointless, and we might as well
rip all that out.
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