Re: [PATCH -next v5 2/8] arm64: extable: make uaaccess helper use extable type EX_TYPE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO

Mark Rutland
2022-06-18T12:41:37Z

On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 04:42:06PM +0800, Tong Tiangen wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h
> > > > b/arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h
> > > > index 56ebe183e78b..9c94ac1f082c 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-extable.h
> > > > @@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
> > > >       __ASM_EXTABLE_RAW(\insn, \fixup, EX_TYPE_FIXUP, 0)
> > > >       .endm
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Create an exception table entry for uaccess `insn`, which
> > > > will branch to `fixup`
> > > > + * when an unhandled fault is taken.
> > > > + * ex->data = ~0 means both reg_err and reg_zero is set to wzr(x31).
> > > > + */
> > > > +    .macro          _asm_extable_uaccess, insn, fixup
> > > > +    __ASM_EXTABLE_RAW(\insn, \fixup, EX_TYPE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO, ~0)
> > > > +    .endm
> > >
> > > I'm not too keen on using `~0` here, since that also sets other bits
> > > in the
> > > data field, and its somewhat opaque.
> > >
> > > How painful is it to generate the data fields as with the C version
> > > of this
> > > macro, so that we can pass in wzr explciitly for the two sub-fields?
> > >
> > > Other than that, this looks good to me.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark.
> >
> > ok, will fix next version.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tong.
>
> I tried to using data filelds as with C version, but here assembly code we
> can not using operator such as << and |, if we use lsl and orr instructions,
> the gpr will be occupied.
>
> So how about using 0x3ff directly here? it means err register and zero
> register both set to x31.

I had a go at implementing this, and it seems simple enough. Please see:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mark/linux.git/log/?h=arm64/extable/asm-uaccess

Mark.