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authorJames Cowgill <James.Cowgill@imgtec.com>2017-03-31 17:09:59 +0100
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2017-08-29 15:48:34 +0200
commit5af2ed36697e2a48cd7d36232212caa6240fe9bb (patch)
tree0d696a9c3f6d55392847992d38bcc60a6f88c57f /arch/mips/kernel
parent3d729deaf287c43e415c5d791c9ac8414dbeff70 (diff)
MIPS: Remove pt_regs adjustments in indirect syscall handler
If a restartable syscall is called using the indirect o32 syscall handler - eg: syscall(__NR_waitid, ...), then it is possible for the incorrect arguments to be passed to the syscall after it has been restarted. This is because the syscall handler tries to shift all the registers down one place in pt_regs so that when the syscall is restarted, the "real" syscall is called instead. Unfortunately it only shifts the arguments passed in registers, not the arguments on the user stack. This causes the 4th argument to be duplicated when the syscall is restarted. Fix by removing all the pt_regs shifting so that the indirect syscall handler is called again when the syscall is restarted. The comment "some syscalls like execve get their arguments from struct pt_regs" is long out of date so this should now be safe. Signed-off-by: James Cowgill <James.Cowgill@imgtec.com> Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> Tested-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/15856/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/mips/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S11
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S6
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
index 27c2f90eeb21..a9a7d78803cd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
@@ -190,12 +190,6 @@ illegal_syscall:
sll t1, t0, 2
beqz v0, einval
lw t2, sys_call_table(t1) # syscall routine
- sw a0, PT_R2(sp) # call routine directly on restart
-
- /* Some syscalls like execve get their arguments from struct pt_regs
- and claim zero arguments in the syscall table. Thus we have to
- assume the worst case and shuffle around all potential arguments.
- If you want performance, don't use indirect syscalls. */
move a0, a1 # shift argument registers
move a1, a2
@@ -207,11 +201,6 @@ illegal_syscall:
sw t4, 16(sp)
sw t5, 20(sp)
sw t6, 24(sp)
- sw a0, PT_R4(sp) # .. and push back a0 - a3, some
- sw a1, PT_R5(sp) # syscalls expect them there
- sw a2, PT_R6(sp)
- sw a3, PT_R7(sp)
- sw a3, PT_R26(sp) # update a3 for syscall restarting
jr t2
/* Unreached */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index c30bc520885f..9ebe3e2403b1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ LEAF(sys32_syscall)
dsll t1, t0, 3
beqz v0, einval
ld t2, sys32_call_table(t1) # syscall routine
- sd a0, PT_R2(sp) # call routine directly on restart
move a0, a1 # shift argument registers
move a1, a2
@@ -207,11 +206,6 @@ LEAF(sys32_syscall)
move a4, a5
move a5, a6
move a6, a7
- sd a0, PT_R4(sp) # ... and push back a0 - a3, some
- sd a1, PT_R5(sp) # syscalls expect them there
- sd a2, PT_R6(sp)
- sd a3, PT_R7(sp)
- sd a3, PT_R26(sp) # update a3 for syscall restarting
jr t2
/* Unreached */