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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fixed Microblaze syscall error recovery for invalid syscall IDs.
On 02/23/2015 04:35 PM, jamie.garside@york.ac.uk wrote:
> From: Jamie Garside <jamie.garside@york.ac.uk>
>
> This patch fixes two bugs in the Microblaze syscall trap handler when an invalid
> syscall ID is used.
>
> First, the range check on line 351 only checks for syscall IDs greater than
> __NR_syscalls. A negative syscall ID (either passed to `syscall()` or as returned
> by `do_syscall_trace_enter()` on error) will still satisfy this test and cause
> the Linux kernel to access an invalid memory location and cause a kernel oops.
> This has been fixed by also checking for r12 < 0.
>
> Secondly, the current error recovery at line 378 returns using the wrong register
> (r15 instead of r14) and does not restore the previous stack state. This has been
> fixed by invoking `ret_from_trap` on error, setting r3 to `-ENOSYS`, similar to
> what would happen when calling a valid syscall.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jamie Garside <jamie.garside@york.ac.uk>
> ---
> arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S
> index 0536bc0..101f13c 100644
> --- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -348,8 +348,9 @@ C_ENTRY(_user_exception):
> * The LP register should point to the location where the called function
> * should return. [note that MAKE_SYS_CALL uses label 1] */
> /* See if the system call number is valid */
> + blti r12, 5f
> addi r11, r12, -__NR_syscalls;
> - bgei r11,5f;
> + bgei r11, 5f;
> /* Figure out which function to use for this system call. */
> /* Note Microblaze barrel shift is optional, so don't rely on it */
> add r12, r12, r12; /* convert num -> ptr */
> @@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ C_ENTRY(_user_exception):
>
> /* The syscall number is invalid, return an error. */
> 5:
> - rtsd r15, 8; /* looks like a normal subroutine return */
> + braid ret_from_trap
> addi r3, r0, -ENOSYS;
>
> /* Entry point used to return from a syscall/trap */
>

Looks reasonable and I have also tested it.
I have fixed subject, coding style and I have create one more
patch to fix that coding style issue.
The patches should be in linux-next.

Thanks,
Michal

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