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Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] target/ppc: don't byte swap ELFv2 signal handler
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David Gibson |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] target/ppc: don't byte swap ELFv2 signal handler |
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Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:50:22 +1100 |
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 08:32:44AM -0500, Vincent Fazio wrote:
> From: Vincent Fazio <address@hidden>
>
> Previously, the signal handler would be byte swapped if the target and
> host CPU used different endianness. This would cause a SIGSEGV when
> attempting to translate the opcode pointed to by the swapped address.
>
> Thread 1 "qemu-ppc64" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x00000000600a9257 in ldl_he_p (ptr=0x4c2c061000000000) at
> qemu/include/qemu/bswap.h:351
> 351 __builtin_memcpy(&r, ptr, sizeof(r));
>
> #0 0x00000000600a9257 in ldl_he_p (ptr=0x4c2c061000000000) at
> qemu/include/qemu/bswap.h:351
> #1 0x00000000600a92fe in ldl_be_p (ptr=0x4c2c061000000000) at
> qemu/include/qemu/bswap.h:449
> #2 0x00000000600c0790 in translator_ldl_swap at
> qemu/include/exec/translator.h:201
> #3 0x000000006011c1ab in ppc_tr_translate_insn at
> qemu/target/ppc/translate.c:7856
> #4 0x000000006005ae70 in translator_loop at qemu/accel/tcg/translator.c:102
>
> The signal handler will be byte swapped as a result of the __get_user()
> call in sigaction() if it is necessary, no additional swap is required.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Fazio <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Vivier <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <address@hidden>
Applied to ppc-for-5.0, thanks.
> ---
> Changes since v2:
> - Explain why the swap is not necessary
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Drop host/target endianness callouts
> - Drop unnecessary pointer cast
> - Clarify commit message
>
> linux-user/ppc/signal.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/linux-user/ppc/signal.c b/linux-user/ppc/signal.c
> index 5b82af6cb6..b8613c5e1b 100644
> --- a/linux-user/ppc/signal.c
> +++ b/linux-user/ppc/signal.c
> @@ -567,10 +567,8 @@ void setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct target_sigaction *ka,
> env->nip = tswapl(handler->entry);
> env->gpr[2] = tswapl(handler->toc);
> } else {
> - /* ELFv2 PPC64 function pointers are entry points, but R12
> - * must also be set */
> - env->nip = tswapl((target_ulong) ka->_sa_handler);
> - env->gpr[12] = env->nip;
> + /* ELFv2 PPC64 function pointers are entry points. R12 must also be
> set. */
> + env->gpr[12] = env->nip = ka->_sa_handler;
> }
> #else
> env->nip = (target_ulong) ka->_sa_handler;
--
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