Re: + exec_domain-establish-a-linux32-domain-on-config_compat-systems.patc h added to -mm tree

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 11/12, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> From: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
>
> If PER_LINUX32 is set calling sys_personality, we will try to find the
> corresponding exec_domain.  This causes us to try to load a module for
> personality-8.  After running the userspace module loader and failing to
> find the module, we fall back to the default.

Cough. It is not easy to me comment this patch ;)

Personally, I think this change is fine. But, despite the fact
the code in exec_domain.c is very trivial, I was never able to really
understand its rationality. And the usage of ->personality has some
oddities.

In particular, I can't parse default_exec_domain() at all. And,
what exec_domain->handler() actually does? I do not see anything
in arch/ which uses EXEC_DOMAIN offsets.

Perhaps someone from CC can explain this?


> We can avoid the failed module loading overhead by building-in the
> linux32_exec_domain for systems that have CONFIG_COMPAT.

Indeed. But at the same time this means it is not possible to use
personality-8.ko if the system has it.

Don't get me wrong, I have no idea why anyone could want this module,
just I am a bit worried.

> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> +static struct exec_domain linux32_exec_domain = {
> +	.name		= "Linux32",		/* name */
> +	.handler	= default_handler,	/* lcall7 causes a seg fault. */
> +	.pers_low	= PER_LINUX32,
> +	.pers_high	= PER_LINUX32,
> +	.signal_map	= ident_map,		/* Identity map signals. */
> +	.signal_invmap	= ident_map,		/*  - both ways. */
> +};
> +#endif
> +
>  struct exec_domain default_exec_domain = {
>  	.name		= "Linux",		/* name */
>  	.handler	= default_handler,	/* lcall7 causes a seg fault. */
> @@ -41,6 +52,9 @@ struct exec_domain default_exec_domain =
>  	.pers_high	= 0,			/* PER_LINUX personality. */
>  	.signal_map	= ident_map,		/* Identity map signals. */
>  	.signal_invmap	= ident_map,		/*  - both ways. */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> +	.next		= &linux32_exec_domain,
> +#endif
>  };

OK, but please look at arch/s390/kernel/compat_exec_domain.c and
arch/ia64/mm/init.c, they also register PER_LINUX32 domain, not
good. And note that register_exec_domain() doesn't check
pers_low/high, this means linux32_exec_domain can silently supress
s390_exec_domain/ia32_exec_domain.

Oleg.