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signal/m68k: Use force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV) in fpsp040_die

PATCH RESEND Applied Finn Thain 2 participants 2 messages May 16, 2025 – Jun 18, 2025 m68k architecture

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PATCH RESEND 1/1 signal/m68k: Use force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV) in fpsp040_die

From: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit a3616a3c02722d1edb95acc7fceade242f6553ba ]

In the fpsp040 code when copyin or copyout fails call force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV) instead of do_exit(SIGSEGV).

This solves a couple of problems. Because do_exit embeds the ptrace stop PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT a complete stack frame needs to be present for that to work correctly. There is always the information needed for a ptrace stop where get_signal is called. So exiting with a signal solves the ptrace issue.

Further exiting with a signal ensures that all of the threads in a process are killed not just the thread that malfunctioned. Which avoids confusing userspace.

To make force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV) work in fpsp040_die modify the code to save all of the registers and jump to ret_from_exception (which ultimately calls get_signal) after fpsp040_die returns.

v2: Updated the branches to use gas's pseudo ops that automatically
calculate the best branch instruction to use for the purpose.

v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87a6m8kgtx.fsf_-_@disp2133

---
 arch/m68k/fpsp040/skeleton.S | 3 ++-
 arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/m68k/fpsp040/skeleton.S +2 -1
index 31a9c634c81e..081922c72daa 100644
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ in_ea:
 	.section .fixup,"ax"
 	.even
 1:
-	jbra	fpsp040_die
+	jbsr	fpsp040_die
+	jbra	.Lnotkern
 
 	.section __ex_table,"a"
 	.align	4
arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c +1 -1
index 35f706d836c5..c6f18dc5884b 100644
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ asmlinkage void set_esp0(unsigned long ssp)
  */
 asmlinkage void fpsp040_die(void)
 {
-	do_exit(SIGSEGV);
+	force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV, current);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_M68KFPU_EMU
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Quoted 28 lines · CEST Finn Thain

From: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit a3616a3c02722d1edb95acc7fceade242f6553ba ]

In the fpsp040 code when copyin or copyout fails call force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV) instead of do_exit(SIGSEGV).

This solves a couple of problems. Because do_exit embeds the ptrace stop PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT a complete stack frame needs to be present for that to work correctly. There is always the information needed for a ptrace stop where get_signal is called. So exiting with a signal solves the ptrace issue.

Further exiting with a signal ensures that all of the threads in a process are killed not just the thread that malfunctioned. Which avoids confusing userspace.

To make force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV) work in fpsp040_die modify the code to save all of the registers and jump to ret_from_exception (which ultimately calls get_signal) after fpsp040_die returns.

v2: Updated the branches to use gas's pseudo ops that automatically
calculate the best branch instruction to use for the purpose.

Quoted 6 lines

v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87a6m8kgtx.fsf_-_@disp2133

Thanks, applied for the next 4.19.
Please CC me for 4.4 and 4.19 patches in the future.

CU
Uli