diff --git a/kern/arch/x86/uaccess.h b/kern/arch/x86/uaccess.h
index 6beea33..0752b4b 100644
--- a/kern/arch/x86/uaccess.h
+++ b/kern/arch/x86/uaccess.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct extable_ip_fixup {

 #define __user_memcpy(dst, src, count, err, errret) \
  asm volatile(ASM_STAC "\n" \
+ "cld\n" \
  "1: rep movsb\n" \
  "2: " ASM_CLAC "\n" \
  ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n" \


On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Davide Libenzi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Maybe some kernel code stuck the direction flag to STD.
> Maybe better drop a CLD in there. ..
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Davide Libenzi <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Are we using the proper direction? 😀
>> As in, CLD/STD ...
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:10 PM, ron minnich <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I can imagine a case where the address you're using as the source is not
>>> pointing where you think it is. I've had that problem
>>> from time to time.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:05 PM Barret Rhoden <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So here's a nasty bug of some sort.
>>>>
>>>> I'm in the middle of doing some changes to backtrace, so we can easily
>>>> output user backtraces.  In the process, I started running into an
>>>> issue where the backtrace wouldn't make progress, and would stick on
>>>> the second entry in the BT.  it doesn't always happen either.
>>>>
>>>> I narrowed it down to these instructions (hacked up a bit, nops and
>>>> whatnot).
>>>>
>>>> ffffffffc2100081:   b9 10 00 00 00          mov    $0x10,%ecx
>>>> ffffffffc2100086:   90                      nop
>>>> ffffffffc2100087:   90                      nop
>>>> ffffffffc2100088:   90                      nop
>>>> ffffffffc2100089:   45 31 c0                xor    %r8d,%r8d
>>>> ffffffffc210008c:   4c 89 e7                mov    %r12,%rdi
>>>> ffffffffc210008f:   4c 89 fe                mov    %r15,%rsi
>>>> ffffffffc2100092:   f3 a4                   rep movsb
>>>> %ds:(%rsi),%es:(%rdi)
>>>> ffffffffc2100094:   90                      nop
>>>> ffffffffc2100095:   90                      nop
>>>> ffffffffc2100096:   90                      nop
>>>> ffffffffc2100097:   4c 8b 4d c0             mov    -0x40(%rbp),%r9
>>>> ffffffffc210009b:   4d 39 f9                cmp    %r15,%r9
>>>> ffffffffc210009e:   74 30                   je     ffffffffc21000d0
>>>> <backtrace_user_list+0x80>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> that last bit is a jump to a while(1) loop, so i can look at things in
>>>> qemu.  the check was whether or not some stack variable changed (which
>>>> we copied into), its addr is rdi == r12.  the value should change
>>>> (based on the program).  and when we look at the state of the machine,
>>>> it's not clear why it didn't.  other than r9 and flags from the cmp,
>>>> our state should be the same as it was right after the rep movsb.
>>>>
>>>> (qemu) info registers
>>>> RAX=ffff80013eb5adf0 RBX=0000000000000001 RCX=0000000000000000
>>>> RDX=ffff80013eb5adf0
>>>> RSI=00007f7fffbfef50 RDI=ffff80013eb5ada0 RBP=ffff80013eb5ade0
>>>> RSP=ffff80013eb5ad80
>>>> R8 =0000000000000000 R9 =00007f7fffbfef50 R10=ffff8000000b8f00
>>>> R11=ffff8000000b8ec0
>>>> R12=ffff80013eb5ada0 R13=0000000000000014 R14=0000000000401a86
>>>> R15=00007f7fffbfef50
>>>> RIP=ffffffffc21000d0 RFL=00000246 [---Z-P-] CPL=0 II=0 A20=1 SMM=0 HLT=0
>>>> ES =0000 0000000000000000 ffffffff 00c00000
>>>> CS =0008 0000000000000000 00000000 00209900 DPL=0 CS64 [--A]
>>>> SS =0000 0000000000000000 ffffffff 00c00000
>>>> DS =0000 0000000000000000 ffffffff 00c00000
>>>> FS =0000 00004000005d90c0 ffffffff 00c00000
>>>> GS =0000 ffffffffc6c8b7c0 ffffffff 00c00000
>>>> LDT=0000 0000000000000000 ffffffff 00c00000
>>>> TR =0028 ffffffffc6db4380 00000068 00008b00 DPL=0 TSS64-busy
>>>> GDT=     ffff800000101000 00000037
>>>> IDT=     ffffffffc6c89f10 00000fff
>>>> CR0=80010033 CR2=000000000061d000 CR3=000000013ecca000 CR4=000007b0
>>>> DR0=0000000000000000 DR1=0000000000000000 DR2=0000000000000000
>>>> DR3=0000000000000000
>>>> DR6=00000000ffff0ff0 DR7=0000000000000400
>>>> EFER=0000000000000501
>>>> FCW=037f FSW=0000 [ST=0] FTW=00 MXCSR=00001f80
>>>> FPR0=0000000000000000 0000 FPR1=0000000000000000 0000
>>>> FPR2=0000000000000000 0000 FPR3=0000000000000000 0000
>>>> FPR4=0000000000000000 0000 FPR5=0000000000000000 0000
>>>> FPR6=0000000000000000 0000 FPR7=0000000000000000 0000
>>>> XMM00=0000000000000000ff00000000000000
>>>> XMM01=25252525252525252525252525252525
>>>> XMM02=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM03=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM04=0000000000000000ff00000000000000
>>>> XMM05=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM06=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM07=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM08=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM09=ffffffffffffff00ffffffffffffff00
>>>> XMM10=ffffffffffffff00ffffffffffffff00
>>>> XMM11=ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff00
>>>> XMM12=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM13=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM14=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>> XMM15=00000000000000000000000000000000
>>>>
>>>> note that :
>>>>
>>>> RDI = R12 = the destination of the rep movsb.
>>>> RSI = R15 = the source of the rep movsb
>>>> RCX = 0 (it was 16), meaning that we did our reps.
>>>>
>>>> Here's the destination hexdump:
>>>> (qemu) x /32wx 0xffff80013eb5ada0
>>>> ffff80013eb5ada0: 0xffbfef50 0x00007f7f 0x00401a86 0x00000000
>>>> ffff80013eb5adb0: 0x3eb5ade0 0xffff8001 0x00000000 0x00000000
>>>> ffff80013eb5adc0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x3eb5af40 0xffff8001
>>>> ffff80013eb5add0: 0xc6c8b7c0 0xffffffff 0x00401990 0x00000000
>>>> ffff80013eb5ade0: 0x3eb5aeb0 0xffff8001 0xc200d341 0xffffffff
>>>> ffff80013eb5adf0: 0x00402f59 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
>>>> ffff80013eb5ae00: 0x80000001 0x00000000 0x3eb5af40 0xffff8001
>>>> ffff80013eb5ae10: 0x000003d4 0x00000000 0x00003ab1 0x00000000
>>>>
>>>> Here's the source hexdump:
>>>> (qemu) x /32wx 0x00007f7fffbfef50
>>>> 00007f7fffbfef50: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x004020c1 0x00000000
>>>> 00007f7fffbfef60: 0xffbfef68 0x00007f7f 0x0000001c 0x00000000
>>>> 00007f7fffbfef70: 0x00000001 0x00000000 0xffbfefe8 0x00007f7f
>>>> 00007f7fffbfef80: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0xffbfeff5 0x00007f7f
>>>> 00007f7fffbfef90: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000003 0x00000000
>>>> 00007f7fffbfefa0: 0x00400040 0x00000000 0x00000004 0x00000000
>>>> 00007f7fffbfefb0: 0x00000020 0x00000000 0x00000005 0x00000000
>>>> 00007f7fffbfefc0: 0x00000009 0x00000000 0x00000009 0x00000000
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> the first 16 bytes should be the same.  had we actually copied the src
>>>> into the dst, then the program (backtrace) would work.  but it looks
>>>> like we just silently ignored it.
>>>>
>>>> note this is a hacked up copy_from_user(), where it is just a
>>>> __user_memcpy(), which is what happens when you do a count of say 16
>>>> bytes (in this case).
>>>>
>>>> you can see from r8 == 0 that there was no error.  i also had a printk
>>>> in the try_exception_fixup just in case.
>>>>
>>>> does anyone know of a reason why rep movsb might not work?  it sounds
>>>> crazy.  (i also tested on hardware, and it seems to do the same, though
>>>> i can't inspect the state easily).
>>>>
>>>> likewise, there's probably something i'm doing wrong.  also note that
>>>> this code runs from IRQ context (CTRL-B backspace).
>>>>
>>>> a super-nasty commit with all of my debugging crap is at
>>>> origin/nasty-bug if anyone wants to take a look.  (i also do an ash
>>>> ifconfig and epoll_server, which is just some crap to get the user to
>>>> spin somewhere with a bit of a stack).
>>>>
>>>> barret
>>>>
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