yeah I talked to barrett about this one and it seems D is not set. Would
have been nice!

ron

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:39 PM 'Davide Libenzi' via Akaros <
[email protected]> wrote:

> No sorry, wrong nibble ☺
> D seems not set at that point at least.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Davide Libenzi <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> If RFL= is EFLAGS, than RFL=00000246 means 'D' flag (bit 10) is set.
>> Wrong direction 😐
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Davide Libenzi <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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