From: Sergey Matyukevich <geomatsi@gmail.com>
To: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Paul Walmsley" <pjw@kernel.org>,
"Palmer Dabbelt" <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
"Albert Ou" <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
"Alexandre Ghiti" <alex@ghiti.fr>,
"Oleg Nesterov" <oleg@redhat.com>,
"Shuah Khan" <shuah@kernel.org>,
"Jisheng Zhang" <jszhang@kernel.org>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Thomas Huth" <thuth@redhat.com>,
"Charlie Jenkins" <charlie@rivosinc.com>,
"Andy Chiu" <andybnac@gmail.com>,
"Han Gao" <rabenda.cn@gmail.com>,
"Samuel Holland" <samuel.holland@sifive.com>,
"Nam Cao" <namcao@linutronix.de>,
"Joel Granados" <joel.granados@kernel.org>,
"Clément Léger" <cleger@rivosinc.com>,
"Conor Dooley" <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
"Sergey Matyukevich" <geomatsi@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] riscv: vector: initialize vlenb on the first context switch
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 14:58:22 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251007115840.2320557-7-geomatsi@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251007115840.2320557-1-geomatsi@gmail.com>
The vstate in thread_struct is zeroed when the vector context is
initialized. That includes read-only register vlenb, which holds
the vector register length in bytes. This zeroed state persists
until mstatus.VS becomes 'dirty' and a context switch saves the
actual hardware values.
This can expose the zero vlenb value to the user-space in early
debug scenarios, e.g. when ptrace attaches to a traced process
early, before any vector instruction except the first one was
executed.
Fix this by forcing the vector context save on the first context switch.
Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich <geomatsi@gmail.com>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/vector.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vector.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/vector.c
index 901e67adf576..3dd22a71aa18 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vector.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vector.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static int riscv_v_thread_zalloc(struct kmem_cache *cache,
ctx->datap = datap;
memset(ctx, 0, offsetof(struct __riscv_v_ext_state, datap));
+
return 0;
}
@@ -216,8 +217,11 @@ bool riscv_v_first_use_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
force_sig(SIGBUS);
return true;
}
+
riscv_v_vstate_on(regs);
riscv_v_vstate_set_restore(current, regs);
+ set_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_RISCV_V_FORCE_SAVE);
+
return true;
}
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-07 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-07 11:58 [PATCH v2 0/6] riscv: vector: misc ptrace fixes for debug use-cases Sergey Matyukevich
2025-10-07 11:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] selftests: riscv: test ptrace vector interface Sergey Matyukevich
2025-10-07 11:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] riscv: ptrace: return ENODATA for inactive vector extension Sergey Matyukevich
2025-10-07 11:58 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] selftests: riscv: set invalid vtype using ptrace Sergey Matyukevich
2025-10-07 11:58 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] riscv: vector: allow to force vector context save Sergey Matyukevich
2025-10-15 20:18 ` Andy Chiu
2025-10-15 21:32 ` Andy Chiu
2025-10-19 21:29 ` Sergey Matyukevich
2025-10-21 21:53 ` Andy Chiu
2025-10-07 11:58 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] selftests: riscv: verify initial vector state with ptrace Sergey Matyukevich
2025-10-07 11:58 ` Sergey Matyukevich [this message]
2025-10-15 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] riscv: vector: initialize vlenb on the first context switch Andy Chiu
2025-10-19 21:43 ` Sergey Matyukevich
2025-10-21 22:07 ` Andy Chiu
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