[PATCH] ARM: 5677/1: ARM support for TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK/pselect6/ppoll/epoll_pwait

Amit Kucheria amit.kucheria at canonical.com
Wed Feb 24 13:29:34 UTC 2010


On 10 Feb 24, Eric Miao wrote:
> Bryan, could you please check if this is applicable to dove as well, or its
> just backport for imx51?
> 

Dove is already 2.6.32-based. The patch was integrated in 2.6.32.

/Amit

> 
> On Feb 24, 2010 6:05 PM, "Bryan Wu" <bryan.wu at canonical.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe at it.uu.se>
> 
> This patch adds support for TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK to ARM's
> signal handling, which allows to hook up the pselect6, ppoll,
> and epoll_pwait syscalls on ARM.
> 
> Tested here with eabi userspace and a test program with a
> deliberate race between a child's exit and the parent's
> sigprocmask/select sequence. Using sys_pselect6() instead
> of sigprocmask/select reliably prevents the race.
> 
> The other arch's support for TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK has evolved
> over time:
> 
> In 2.6.16:
> - add TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK which parallels TIF_SIGPENDING
> - test both when checking for pending signal [changed later]
> - reimplement sys_sigsuspend() to use current->saved_sigmask,
>  TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK [changed later], and -ERESTARTNOHAND;
>  ditto for sys_rt_sigsuspend(), but drop private code and
>  use common code via __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND;
> - there are now no "extra" calls to do_signal() so its oldset
>  parameter is always &current->blocked so need not be passed,
>  also its return value is changed to void
> - change handle_signal() to return 0/-errno
> - change do_signal() to honor TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK:
>  + get oldset from current->saved_sigmask if TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK
>    is set
>  + if handle_signal() was successful then clear TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK
>  + if no signal was delivered and TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK is set then
>    clear it and restore the sigmask
> - hook up sys_pselect6() and sys_ppoll()
> 
> In 2.6.19:
> - hook up sys_epoll_pwait()
> 
> In 2.6.26:
> - allow archs to override how TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK is implemented;
>  default set_restore_sigmask() sets both TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK and
>  TIF_SIGPENDING; archs need now just test TIF_SIGPENDING again
>  when checking for pending signal work; some archs now implement
>  TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK as a secondary/non-atomic thread flag bit
> - call set_restore_sigmask() in sys_sigsuspend() instead of setting
>  TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK
> 
> In 2.6.29-rc:
> - kill sys_pselect7() which no arch wanted
> 
> So for 2.6.31-rc6/ARM this patch does the following:
> - Add TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK. Use the generic set_restore_sigmask()
>  which sets both TIF_SIGPENDING and TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK, so
>  TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK need not claim one of the scarce low thread
>  flags, and existing TIF_SIGPENDING and _TIF_WORK_MASK tests need
>  not be extended for TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK.
> - sys_sigsuspend() is reimplemented to use current->saved_sigmask
>  and set_restore_sigmask(), making it identical to most other archs
> - The private code for sys_rt_sigsuspend() is removed, instead
>  generic code supplies it via __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND.
> - sys_sigsuspend() and sys_rt_sigsuspend() no longer need a pt_regs
>  parameter, so their assembly code wrappers are removed.
> - handle_signal() is changed to return 0 on success or -errno.
> - The oldset parameter to do_signal() is now redundant and removed,
>  and the return value is now also redundant and changed to void.
> - do_signal() is changed to honor TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK:
>  + get oldset from current->saved_sigmask if TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK
>    is set
>  + if handle_signal() was successful then clear TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK
>  + if no signal was delivered and TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK is set then
>    clear it and restore the sigmask
> - Hook up sys_pselect6, sys_ppoll, and sys_epoll_pwait.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/319729
> (cherry-picked from commit 369842658a36bcea28ecb643ba4bdb53919330dd)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe at it.uu.se>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King
> <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk<rmk%2Bkernel at arm.linux.org.uk>
> >
> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu at canonical.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h |    2 +
>  arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h      |    7 ++-
>  arch/arm/kernel/calls.S            |   10 ++--
>  arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S     |   10 ----
>  arch/arm/kernel/signal.c           |   86
> +++++++++++++++--------------------
>  5 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
> b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
> index 73394e5..e20d805 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ extern void vfp_sync_state(struct thread_info *thread);
>  #define TIF_USING_IWMMXT       17
>  #define TIF_MEMDIE             18
>  #define TIF_FREEZE             19
> +#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK    20
> 
>  #define _TIF_SIGPENDING                (1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
>  #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED      (1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
> @@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ extern void vfp_sync_state(struct thread_info *thread);
>  #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG    (1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
>  #define _TIF_USING_IWMMXT      (1 << TIF_USING_IWMMXT)
>  #define _TIF_FREEZE            (1 << TIF_FREEZE)
> +#define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK   (1 << TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
> 
>  /*
>  * Change these and you break ASM code in entry-common.S
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
> index 0e97b8c..9122c9e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
> @@ -360,8 +360,8 @@
>  #define __NR_readlinkat                        (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+332)
>  #define __NR_fchmodat                  (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+333)
>  #define __NR_faccessat                 (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+334)
> -                                       /* 335 for pselect6 */
> -                                       /* 336 for ppoll */
> +#define __NR_pselect6                  (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+335)
> +#define __NR_ppoll                     (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+336)
>  #define __NR_unshare                   (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+337)
>  #define __NR_set_robust_list           (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+338)
>  #define __NR_get_robust_list           (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+339)
> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
>  #define __NR_vmsplice                  (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+343)
>  #define __NR_move_pages                        (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+344)
>  #define __NR_getcpu                    (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+345)
> -                                       /* 346 for epoll_pwait */
> +#define __NR_epoll_pwait               (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+346)
>  #define __NR_kexec_load                        (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+347)
>  #define __NR_utimensat                 (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+348)
>  #define __NR_signalfd                  (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+349)
> @@ -432,6 +432,7 @@
>  #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
>  #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
>  #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
> +#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
> 
>  #if !defined(CONFIG_AEABI) || defined(CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT)
>  #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
> index 6e1b8bf..9296c59 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
> @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
>                CALL(sys_ni_syscall)            /* was sys_ssetmask */
>  /* 70 */       CALL(sys_setreuid16)
>                CALL(sys_setregid16)
> -               CALL(sys_sigsuspend_wrapper)
> +               CALL(sys_sigsuspend)
>                CALL(sys_sigpending)
>                CALL(sys_sethostname)
>  /* 75 */       CALL(sys_setrlimit)
> @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
>                CALL(sys_rt_sigpending)
>                CALL(sys_rt_sigtimedwait)
>                CALL(sys_rt_sigqueueinfo)
> -               CALL(sys_rt_sigsuspend_wrapper)
> +               CALL(sys_rt_sigsuspend)
>  /* 180 */      CALL(ABI(sys_pread64, sys_oabi_pread64))
>                CALL(ABI(sys_pwrite64, sys_oabi_pwrite64))
>                CALL(sys_chown16)
> @@ -344,8 +344,8 @@
>                CALL(sys_readlinkat)
>                CALL(sys_fchmodat)
>                CALL(sys_faccessat)
> -/* 335 */      CALL(sys_ni_syscall)            /* eventually pselect6 */
> -               CALL(sys_ni_syscall)            /* eventually ppoll */
> +/* 335 */      CALL(sys_pselect6)
> +               CALL(sys_ppoll)
>                CALL(sys_unshare)
>                CALL(sys_set_robust_list)
>                CALL(sys_get_robust_list)
> @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
>                CALL(sys_vmsplice)
>                CALL(sys_move_pages)
>  /* 345 */      CALL(sys_getcpu)
> -               CALL(sys_ni_syscall)            /* eventually epoll_pwait */
> +               CALL(sys_epoll_pwait)
>                CALL(sys_kexec_load)
>                CALL(sys_utimensat)
>                CALL(sys_signalfd)
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> index a762152..9565752 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> @@ -373,16 +373,6 @@ sys_clone_wrapper:
>                b       sys_clone
>  ENDPROC(sys_clone_wrapper)
> 
> -sys_sigsuspend_wrapper:
> -               add     r3, sp, #S_OFF
> -               b       sys_sigsuspend
> -ENDPROC(sys_sigsuspend_wrapper)
> -
> -sys_rt_sigsuspend_wrapper:
> -               add     r2, sp, #S_OFF
> -               b       sys_rt_sigsuspend
> -ENDPROC(sys_rt_sigsuspend_wrapper)
> -
>  sys_sigreturn_wrapper:
>                add     r0, sp, #S_OFF
>                b       sys_sigreturn
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> index 6dd5008..7dfd3b8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -48,57 +48,22 @@ const unsigned long sigreturn_codes[7] = {
>        MOV_R7_NR_RT_SIGRETURN, SWI_SYS_RT_SIGRETURN, SWI_THUMB_RT_SIGRETURN,
>  };
> 
> -static int do_signal(sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs * regs, int syscall);
> -
>  /*
>  * atomically swap in the new signal mask, and wait for a signal.
>  */
> -asmlinkage int sys_sigsuspend(int restart, unsigned long oldmask,
> old_sigset_t mask, struct pt_regs *regs)
> +asmlinkage int sys_sigsuspend(int restart, unsigned long oldmask,
> old_sigset_t mask)
>  {
> -       sigset_t saveset;
> -
>        mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
>        spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> -       saveset = current->blocked;
> +       current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
>        siginitset(&current->blocked, mask);
>        recalc_sigpending();
>        spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> -       regs->ARM_r0 = -EINTR;
> -
> -       while (1) {
> -               current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> -               schedule();
> -               if (do_signal(&saveset, regs, 0))
> -                       return regs->ARM_r0;
> -       }
> -}
> -
> -asmlinkage int
> -sys_rt_sigsuspend(sigset_t __user *unewset, size_t sigsetsize, struct
> pt_regs *regs)
> -{
> -       sigset_t saveset, newset;
> -
> -       /* XXX: Don't preclude handling different sized sigset_t's. */
> -       if (sigsetsize != sizeof(sigset_t))
> -               return -EINVAL;
> -
> -       if (copy_from_user(&newset, unewset, sizeof(newset)))
> -               return -EFAULT;
> -       sigdelsetmask(&newset, ~_BLOCKABLE);
> -
> -       spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> -       saveset = current->blocked;
> -       current->blocked = newset;
> -       recalc_sigpending();
> -       spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> -       regs->ARM_r0 = -EINTR;
> 
> -       while (1) {
> -               current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> -               schedule();
> -               if (do_signal(&saveset, regs, 0))
> -                       return regs->ARM_r0;
> -       }
> +       current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> +       schedule();
> +       set_restore_sigmask();
> +       return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
>  }
> 
>  asmlinkage int
> @@ -628,7 +593,7 @@ static inline void setup_syscall_restart(struct pt_regs
> *regs)
>  /*
>  * OK, we're invoking a handler
>  */
> -static void
> +static int
>  handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
>              siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset,
>              struct pt_regs * regs, int syscall)
> @@ -679,7 +644,7 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
> 
>        if (ret != 0) {
>                force_sigsegv(sig, tsk);
> -               return;
> +               return ret;
>        }
> 
>        /*
> @@ -693,6 +658,7 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
>        recalc_sigpending();
>        spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
> 
> +       return 0;
>  }
> 
>  /*
> @@ -704,7 +670,7 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
>  * the kernel can handle, and then we build all the user-level signal
> handling
>  * stack-frames in one go after that.
>  */
> -static int do_signal(sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
> +static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
>  {
>        struct k_sigaction ka;
>        siginfo_t info;
> @@ -717,7 +683,7 @@ static int do_signal(sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs
> *regs, int syscall)
>         * if so.
>         */
>        if (!user_mode(regs))
> -               return 0;
> +               return;
> 
>        if (try_to_freeze())
>                goto no_signal;
> @@ -726,9 +692,24 @@ static int do_signal(sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs
> *regs, int syscall)
> 
>        signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
>        if (signr > 0) {
> -               handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs, syscall);
> +               sigset_t *oldset;
> +
> +               if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
> +                       oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
> +               else
> +                       oldset = &current->blocked;
> +               if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs, syscall)
> == 0) {
> +                       /*
> +                        * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
> +                        * sigmask will have been stored in the signal
> frame,
> +                        * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can
> simply
> +                        * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
> +                        */
> +                       if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
> +                               clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
> +               }
>                single_step_set(current);
> -               return 1;
> +               return;
>        }
> 
>  no_signal:
> @@ -780,14 +761,21 @@ static int do_signal(sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs
> *regs, int syscall)
>                    regs->ARM_r0 == -ERESTARTNOINTR) {
>                        setup_syscall_restart(regs);
>                }
> +
> +               /* If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved
> sigmask
> +                * back.
> +                */
> +               if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
> +                       clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
> +                       sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask,
> NULL);
> +               }
>        }
>        single_step_set(current);
> -       return 0;
>  }
> 
>  asmlinkage void
>  do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int thread_flags, int
> syscall)
>  {
>        if (thread_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING)
> -               do_signal(&current->blocked, regs, syscall);
> +               do_signal(regs, syscall);
>  }
> --
> 1.6.3.3
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