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Message-ID: <CALCETrXSfLVcGGPM5=XJ8hxaN_sO2faS7iu8JzJdeYDaWc_rPg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:08:49 -0700
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, 
	Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, 
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] x86: plumb error code and fault address through to
 fault handlers

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com> wrote:
> This is preparation for looking at trap number and fault address in the
> handlers for uaccess errors.
> This patch should not change any behavior.

Confused.  $SUBJECT says you're plumbing the error code through, and
you are sort of doing it:

> -int fixup_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
> +int fixup_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr, unsigned long error_code,
> +                   unsigned long fault_addr)
>  {

It's available here...

>         const struct exception_table_entry *e;
>         ex_handler_t handler;
> @@ -202,7 +212,7 @@ int fixup_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
>                 return 0;
>
>         handler = ex_fixup_handler(e);
> -       return handler(e, regs, trapnr);
> +       return handler(e, regs, trapnr, fault_addr);

... but you don't pass it into the handlers.  Is this intentional?

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