Hello all,
Any comments about this patch?
Cheers,
Dongsheng
On 2018/11/30 10:19, Wang, Dongsheng wrote:
> On 2018/11/30 10:04, Wang, Dongsheng wrote:
>> On 2018/11/30 5:22, Kees Cook wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 8:38 PM Wang, Dongsheng
>>> <dongsheng.w...@hxt-semitech.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello Kees,
>>>>
>>>> On 2018/11/28 6:38, Kees Cook wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 11:54 PM, Wang Dongsheng
>>>>> <dongsheng.w...@hxt-semitech.com> wrote:
>>>>>> When select ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK the first of thread_info variable
>>>>>> is overwritten by STACK_END_MAGIC. In fact, the ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK
>>>>>> is not a real task on stack, it's only init_task on init_stack.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Commit 0500871f21b2 ("Construct init thread stack in the linker script
>>>>>> rather than by union") added this macro and put task_strcut into
>>>>>> thread_union. This brings us the following possibilities:
>>>>>> TASK_ON_STACK THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK STACK
>>>>>> ----- <-- thread_info & stack
>>>>>> N N | | --- <-- task
>>>>>> | | | |
>>>>>> ----- ---
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- <-- stack
>>>>>> N Y | | --- <--
>>>>>> task(Including thread_info)
>>>>>> | | | |
>>>>>> ----- ---
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- <-- stack & task &
>>>>>> thread_info
>>>>>> Y N | |
>>>>>> | |
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- <-- stack &
>>>>>> task(Including thread_info)
>>>>>> Y Y | |
>>>>>> | |
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>> The kernel has handled the first two cases correctly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For the third case:
>>>>>> TASK_ON_STACK: Y. THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK: N. this case
>>>>>> should never happen, because the task and thread_info will overlap. So
>>>>>> when TASK_ON_STACK is selected, THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK must be selected too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For the fourth case:
>>>>>> When task on stack, the end of stack should add a sizeof(task_struct)
>>>>>> offset.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This patch handled with the third and fourth case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fixes: 0500871f21b2 ("Construct init thread stack in the linker ...")
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Wang Dongsheng <dongsheng.w...@hxt-semitech.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Shunyong Yang <shunyong.y...@hxt-semitech.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> arch/Kconfig | 1 +
>>>>>> include/linux/sched/task_stack.h | 5 ++++-
>>>>>> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
>>>>>> index e1e540ffa979..0a2c73e73195 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/Kconfig
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
>>>>>> @@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ config ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
>>>>>> # Select if arch init_task must go in the __init_task_data section
>>>>>> config ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK
>>>>>> bool
>>>>>> + depends on THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK || IA64
>>>>> The "IA64" part shouldn't be needed since IA64 already selects it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since it's selected, it also can't have a depends, IIUC.
>>>> Since the IA64 thread_info including task_struct, it doesn't need to
>>>> select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK.
>>>> So we need to allow IA64 select ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK without
>>>> THREAD_INFO.
>>> Okay.
>>>
>>>>>> # Select if arch has its private alloc_task_struct() function
>>>>>> config ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
>>>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task_stack.h
>>>>>> b/include/linux/sched/task_stack.h
>>>>>> index 6a841929073f..624c48defb9e 100644
>>>>>> --- a/include/linux/sched/task_stack.h
>>>>>> +++ b/include/linux/sched/task_stack.h
>>>>>> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>>>>>> */
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #include <linux/sched.h>
>>>>>> +#include <linux/sched/task.h>
>>>>>> #include <linux/magic.h>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
>>>>>> @@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ static inline void *task_stack_page(const struct
>>>>>> task_struct *task)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> static inline unsigned long *end_of_stack(const struct task_struct
>>>>>> *task)
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> - return task->stack;
>>>>>> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK) || task !=
>>>>>> &init_task)
>>>>>> + return task->stack;
>>>>>> + return (unsigned long *)(task + 1);
>>>>>> }
>>>>> This seems like a strange place for the change. It feels more like
>>>>> init_task has been defined incorrectly.
>>>> The init_task will put into init_stack when ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK is
>>>> selected.
>>>> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:
>>>> #define INIT_TASK_DATA(align) \
>>>> . = ALIGN(align); \
>>>> __start_init_task = .; \
>>>> init_thread_union = .; \
>>>> init_stack = .; \
>>>> KEEP(*(.data..init_task)) \
>>>> KEEP(*(.data..init_thread_info)) \
>>>> . = __start_init_task + THREAD_SIZE; \
>>>> __end_init_task = .;
>>>>
>>>> So we need end_of_stack to offset sizeof(task_struct).
>>> Well, I guess I mean I'd rather the end_of_stack() code not be
>>> special-cased in the if. The default should be how it was. Perhaps:
>>>
>>> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK) && task == &init_task)
> About this special case:
> As I mentioned in the description of patch, The
> ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK is not a real task on stack, it's only
> init_task on init_stack.
> The alloc task is not in alloc stack, So if condition including "task ==
> &init_task".
>
> Cheers,
> Dongsheng
>
>>> return (unsigned long *)(task + 1);
>>> return task->stack;
>>>
>>> But it still feels strange: why can't task->stack point to the correct
>>> place in this special case?
>> Normally, task->stack is the bottom of the stack, the end_of_stack just
>> need to return task->stack.
>> The task->stack always represents the bottom of the stack, and it cannot
>> be changed, so what
>> happens here is we have some data(task or thread info)that we want to
>> put at the bottom of the
>> stack. The end_of_stack just refers to the size of the stack available
>> to us.
>> In ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK case, the init_task has been placed in a
>> fixed location, the task
>> is placed at the bottom of the stack. Current end_of_stack doesn't
>> handle this situation, so we need
>> add a if condition to handle it. And this is just like
>> !THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK(the thead_info on stack),
>> the thread_info is placed at the bottom of the stack, the end_of_stack =
>> the bottom of stack + sizeof(*thread_info).
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dongsheng
>>
>>
>
