From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Heiko Carstens" <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "Alexander Gordeev" <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
"Heiko Carstens" <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
"Christian Borntraeger" <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, "Vasily Gorbik" <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390/signal: Fix incorrect return address in signal frame
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:50:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-168354@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261012153355.1529314-1-hca@linux.ibm.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] s390/signal: patch breaks -EINTR for -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK
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commit 158e48eb13e787b0b5c2f432c9056345d015870e
Author: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
s390/signal: Fix incorrect return address in signal frame
This commit fixes an issue in arch_do_signal_or_restart() where a second call
builds a signal frame with the wrong return address if the first call set up a
vDSO system call restart. It addresses this by restoring psw.addr from
arch_data before building the signal frame.
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c b/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
> index 4874de5edea0a..25781d4a0ad0c 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -475,7 +475,10 @@ void arch_do_signal_or_restart(struct pt_regs *regs)
> }
> /* No longer in a system call */
> clear_pt_regs_flag(regs, PIF_SYSCALL);
> -
> + if (!(current->restart_block.arch_data & 1)) {
> + regs->psw.addr = current->restart_block.arch_data;
> + current->restart_block.arch_data = 1;
> + }
[Severity: High]
Does this code break the -EINTR return value for system calls returning
-ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK when interrupted by a signal?
In arch_do_signal_or_restart(), the first call without handlers might set up a
vDSO restart (setting regs->gprs[2] = regs->orig_gpr2) and clear PIF_SYSCALL.
If a signal with a handler arrives before returning to user mode, a second
call occurs. Because PIF_SYSCALL was cleared, current->thread.system_call
evaluates to 0:
arch/s390/kernel/signal.c:arch_do_signal_or_restart() {
...
current->thread.system_call =
test_pt_regs_flag(regs, PIF_SYSCALL) ? regs->int_code : 0;
This bypasses the block that would normally set regs->gprs[2] = -EINTR:
if (get_signal(&ksig)) {
/* Whee! Actually deliver the signal. */
if (current->thread.system_call) {
...
The newly added code restores regs->psw.addr to the original return address,
bypassing the vDSO stub. Without the vDSO stub executing sys_restart_syscall
(which would return -EINTR), the syscall instead returns orig_gpr2.
Could this lead to system calls like nanosleep returning their first argument
instead of -EINTR, breaking userspace error handling and POSIX compliance?
> rseq_signal_deliver(&ksig, regs);
> handle_signal(&ksig, oldset, regs);
> return;
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261012153355.1529314-1-hca@linux.ibm.com?part=1
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-12 15:33 [PATCH] s390/signal: Fix incorrect return address in signal frame Heiko Carstens
2026-10-12 15:50 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-12 16:11 ` Heiko Carstens
2026-10-13 7:07 ` Sven Schnelle
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