Le 22/05/2026 à 14:06, Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) a écrit :


Le 22/05/2026 à 13:12, David Laight a écrit :
On Fri, 22 May 2026 11:56:02 +0200
"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <[email protected]> wrote:

Call setup_tm_sigcontexts() before opening user access to avoid
having to close and open again.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <[email protected]>
---
  arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c | 22 +++++++++-------------
  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ signal_64.c
index 86bb5bb4c143..3849af21e1d8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -873,6 +873,15 @@ int handle_rt_signal64(struct ksignal *ksig, sigset_t *set,
      if (!MSR_TM_ACTIVE(msr))
          prepare_setup_sigcontext(tsk);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+    if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(msr))

Can't that be done without the ugly #ifdef?
I assume MSR_TM_ACTIVE() will be zero - so it will all get optimised away.

Yes but struct rt_sigframe field uc_transact only exists when CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM is defined.

And that would also require a stub setup_tm_sigcontexts()

After thinking once more, I think we can do the following, is it better for you ?

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index 86bb5bb4c143..c70732e8002d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ static long notrace __unsafe_setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, * examine the transactional registers in the 2nd sigcontext to determine the
  * real origin of the signal.
  */
-static long setup_tm_sigcontexts(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
-                                struct sigcontext __user *tm_sc,
+static long setup_tm_sigcontexts(struct rt_sigframe __user *frame,
                                 struct task_struct *tsk,
                                 int signr, sigset_t *set, unsigned long 
handler,
                                 unsigned long msr)
@@ -217,6 +216,8 @@ static long setup_tm_sigcontexts(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
         * Userland shall check AT_HWCAP to know wether it can rely on the
         * v_regs pointer or not.
         */
+       struct sigcontext __user *sc = &frame->uc.uc_mcontext;
+       struct sigcontext __user *tm_sc = &frame->uc_transact.uc_mcontext;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
        elf_vrreg_t __user *v_regs = sigcontext_vmx_regs(sc);
        elf_vrreg_t __user *tm_v_regs = sigcontext_vmx_regs(tm_sc);
@@ -325,6 +326,14 @@ static long setup_tm_sigcontexts(struct sigcontext __user *sc,

        return err;
 }
+#else
+static long setup_tm_sigcontexts(struct rt_sigframe __user *frame,
+                                struct task_struct *tsk,
+                                int signr, sigset_t *set, unsigned long 
handler,
+                                unsigned long msr)
+{
+       return -EINVAL;
+}
 #endif

 /*
@@ -872,6 +881,9 @@ int handle_rt_signal64(struct ksignal *ksig, sigset_t *set,
         */
        if (!MSR_TM_ACTIVE(msr))
                prepare_setup_sigcontext(tsk);
+       else
+               err |= setup_tm_sigcontexts(frame, tsk, ksig->sig, NULL,
+                                           (unsigned 
long)ksig->ka.sa.sa_handler, msr);

        if (!user_write_access_begin(frame, sizeof(*frame)))
                goto badframe;
@@ -889,19 +901,6 @@ int handle_rt_signal64(struct ksignal *ksig, sigset_t *set,
                 * ucontext_t (for transactional state) with its uc_link ptr.
                 */
unsafe_put_user(&frame->uc_transact, &frame->uc.uc_link, badframe_block);
-
-               user_write_access_end();
-
-               err |= setup_tm_sigcontexts(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext,
-                                           &frame->uc_transact.uc_mcontext,
-                                           tsk, ksig->sig, NULL,
-                                           (unsigned 
long)ksig->ka.sa.sa_handler,
-                                           msr);
-
-               if (!user_write_access_begin(&frame->uc.uc_sigmask,
-                                            sizeof(frame->uc.uc_sigmask)))
-                       goto badframe;
-
 #endif
        } else {
                unsafe_put_user(0, &frame->uc.uc_link, badframe_block);


Christophe

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