Also use correct function name spelling (stub_segv_handler) for better grepping
Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <tho...@m3y3r.de>
---
arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
index 03b3c4c..4530867 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void get_skas_faultinfo(int pid, struct faultinfo
*fi)
wait_stub_done(pid);
/*
- * faultinfo is prepared by the stub-segv-handler at start of
+ * faultinfo is prepared by the stub_segv_handler at start of
* the stub stack page. We just have to copy it.
*/
memcpy(fi, (void *)current_stub_stack(), sizeof(*fi));
@@ -175,6 +175,21 @@ static void handle_trap(int pid, struct uml_pt_regs *regs,
extern char __syscall_stub_start[];
+/**
+ * userspace_tramp() - userspace trampoline
+ * @stack: pointer to the new userspace stack page, can be NULL, if? FIXME:
+ *
+ * The userspace trampoline is used to setup a new userspace process in
start_userspace() after it was clone()'ed.
+ * This function will run on a temporary stack page.
+ * It ptrace()'es itself, then
+ * Two pages are mapped into the userspace address space:
+ * - STUB_CODE (with EXEC), which contains the skas stub code
+ * - STUB_DATA (with R/W), which contains a data page that is used to transfer
certain data between the UML userspace process and the UML kernel.
+ * Also for the userspace process a SIGSEGV handler is installed to catch
pagefaults in the userspace process.
+ * And last the process stops itself to give control to the UML kernel for
this userspace process.
+ *
+ * Return: Always zero, otherwise the current userspace process is ended with
non null exit() call
+ */
static int userspace_tramp(void *stack)
{
void *addr;
@@ -236,12 +251,24 @@ static int userspace_tramp(void *stack)
int userspace_pid[NR_CPUS];
+/**
+ * start_userspace() - prepare a new userspace process
+ * @stub_stack: pointer to the stub stack. Can be NULL, if? FIXME:
+ *
+ * Setups a new temporary stack page that is used while userspace_tramp() runs
+ * Clones the kernel process into a new userspace process, with FDs only.
+ *
+ * Return: When positive: the process id of the new userspace process,
+ * when negative: an error number.
+ * FIXME: can PIDs become negative?!
+ */
int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack)
{
void *stack;
unsigned long sp;
int pid, status, n, flags, err;
+ /* setup a temporary stack page */
stack = mmap(NULL, UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE,
PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
@@ -252,10 +279,12 @@ int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack)
return err;
}
+ /* set stack pointer to the end of the stack page, so it can grow
downwards */
sp = (unsigned long) stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(void *);
flags = CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD;
+ /* clone into new userspace process */
pid = clone(userspace_tramp, (void *) sp, flags, (void *) stub_stack);
if (pid < 0) {
err = -errno;
--
2.9.3
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