Re: [PATCH] ARM: fix get_user() broken with veneer

[Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 8:37 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Masahiro,
>
> Thanks for getting to the bottom of this.
>
> The patch looks correct to me, but could we please drop this huge
> commit log text? The AAPCS simply states that a BL instruction might
> clobber IP, so any inline asm that contains a BL should have IP in its
> clobber list. In our case, the use of PIC veneers is what might cause
> this, so we should mention that as well. But your entire journey to
> get to that conclusion is not something that deserves to be included
> in the git commit log forever, imho.
>
> So with the commit log trimmed:
>
> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>



Is this commit log OK?


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The 32-bit ARM kernel stops working if the kernel grows to the point
where veneers for __get_user_* are created.

AAPCS32 [1] states, "Register r12 (IP) may be used by a linker as a
scratch register between a routine and any subroutine it calls. It
can also be used within a routine to hold intermediate values between
subroutine calls."

However, the bl instruction buried within the inline asm is unpredictable
for compilers; hence, "ip" must be added to the clobber list.

This becomes critical when veneers for __get_user_* are created because
veneers use the ip register since commit 02e541db0540 ("ARM: 8323/1:
force linker to use PIC veneers").

[1]: https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/blob/2023Q1/aapcs32/aapcs32.rst
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada