[PATCH v2 2/7] ARM: memmove: use frame pointer as unwind anchor

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Mon Oct 18 07:16:10 PDT 2021


The memmove routine is a bit unusual in the way it manages the stack
pointer: depending on the execution path through the function, the SP
assumes different values as different subsets of the register file are
preserved and restored again. This is problematic when it comes to EHABI
unwind info, as it is not instruction accurate, and does not allow
tracking the SP value as it changes.

Commit 207a6cb06990c ("ARM: 8224/1: Add unwinding support for memmove
function") addressed this by carving up the function in different chunks
as far as the unwinder is concerned, and keeping a set of unwind
directives for each of them, each corresponding with the state of the
stack pointer during execution of the chunk in question. This not only
duplicates unwind info unnecessarily, but it also complicates unwinding
the stack upon overflow.

Instead, let's do what the compiler does when the SP is updated halfway
through a function, which is to use a frame pointer and emit the
appropriate unwind directives to communicate this to the unwinder.

Note that Thumb-2 uses R7 for this, while ARM uses R11 aka FP. So let's
avoid touching R7 in the body of the function, so that Thumb-2 can use
it as the frame pointer. R11 was not modified in the first place.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
Tested-by: Keith Packard <keithpac at amazon.com>
---
 arch/arm/lib/memmove.S | 60 +++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/memmove.S b/arch/arm/lib/memmove.S
index 6fecc12a1f51..6410554039fd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/memmove.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/memmove.S
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 		subs	ip, r0, r1
 		cmphi	r2, ip
 		bls	__memcpy
-
-		stmfd	sp!, {r0, r4, lr}
 	UNWIND(	.fnend				)
 
 	UNWIND(	.fnstart			)
-	UNWIND(	.save	{r0, r4, lr}		) @ in first stmfd block
+	UNWIND(	.save	{r0, r4, fpreg, lr}	)
+		stmfd	sp!, {r0, r4, UNWIND(fpreg,) lr}
+	UNWIND(	.setfp	fpreg, sp		)
+	UNWIND(	mov	fpreg, sp		)
 		add	r1, r1, r2
 		add	r0, r0, r2
 		subs	r2, r2, #4
@@ -48,12 +49,7 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 		bne	10f
 
 1:		subs	r2, r2, #(28)
-		stmfd	sp!, {r5 - r8}
-	UNWIND(	.fnend				)
-
-	UNWIND(	.fnstart			)
-	UNWIND(	.save	{r0, r4, lr}		)
-	UNWIND(	.save	{r5 - r8}		) @ in second stmfd block
+		stmfd	sp!, {r5, r6, r8, r9}
 		blt	5f
 
 	CALGN(	ands	ip, r0, #31		)
@@ -72,9 +68,9 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 	PLD(	pld	[r1, #-96]		)
 
 3:	PLD(	pld	[r1, #-128]		)
-4:		ldmdb	r1!, {r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, ip, lr}
+4:		ldmdb	r1!, {r3, r4, r5, r6, r8, r9, ip, lr}
 		subs	r2, r2, #32
-		stmdb	r0!, {r3, r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, ip, lr}
+		stmdb	r0!, {r3, r4, r5, r6, r8, r9, ip, lr}
 		bge	3b
 	PLD(	cmn	r2, #96			)
 	PLD(	bge	4b			)
@@ -88,8 +84,8 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 		W(ldr)	r4, [r1, #-4]!
 		W(ldr)	r5, [r1, #-4]!
 		W(ldr)	r6, [r1, #-4]!
-		W(ldr)	r7, [r1, #-4]!
 		W(ldr)	r8, [r1, #-4]!
+		W(ldr)	r9, [r1, #-4]!
 		W(ldr)	lr, [r1, #-4]!
 
 		add	pc, pc, ip
@@ -99,17 +95,13 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 		W(str)	r4, [r0, #-4]!
 		W(str)	r5, [r0, #-4]!
 		W(str)	r6, [r0, #-4]!
-		W(str)	r7, [r0, #-4]!
 		W(str)	r8, [r0, #-4]!
+		W(str)	r9, [r0, #-4]!
 		W(str)	lr, [r0, #-4]!
 
 	CALGN(	bcs	2b			)
 
-7:		ldmfd	sp!, {r5 - r8}
-	UNWIND(	.fnend				) @ end of second stmfd block
-
-	UNWIND(	.fnstart			)
-	UNWIND(	.save	{r0, r4, lr}		) @ still in first stmfd block
+7:		ldmfd	sp!, {r5, r6, r8, r9}
 
 8:		movs	r2, r2, lsl #31
 		ldrbne	r3, [r1, #-1]!
@@ -118,7 +110,7 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 		strbne	r3, [r0, #-1]!
 		strbcs	r4, [r0, #-1]!
 		strbcs	ip, [r0, #-1]
-		ldmfd	sp!, {r0, r4, pc}
+		ldmfd	sp!, {r0, r4, UNWIND(fpreg,) pc}
 
 9:		cmp	ip, #2
 		ldrbgt	r3, [r1, #-1]!
@@ -137,13 +129,10 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 		ldr	r3, [r1, #0]
 		beq	17f
 		blt	18f
-	UNWIND(	.fnend				)
 
 
 		.macro	backward_copy_shift push pull
 
-	UNWIND(	.fnstart			)
-	UNWIND(	.save	{r0, r4, lr}		) @ still in first stmfd block
 		subs	r2, r2, #28
 		blt	14f
 
@@ -152,12 +141,7 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 	CALGN(	subcc	r2, r2, ip		)
 	CALGN(	bcc	15f			)
 
-11:		stmfd	sp!, {r5 - r9}
-	UNWIND(	.fnend				)
-
-	UNWIND(	.fnstart			)
-	UNWIND(	.save	{r0, r4, lr}		)
-	UNWIND(	.save	{r5 - r9}		) @ in new second stmfd block
+11:		stmfd	sp!, {r5, r6, r8 - r10}
 
 	PLD(	pld	[r1, #-4]		)
 	PLD(	subs	r2, r2, #96		)
@@ -167,35 +151,31 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 	PLD(	pld	[r1, #-96]		)
 
 12:	PLD(	pld	[r1, #-128]		)
-13:		ldmdb   r1!, {r7, r8, r9, ip}
+13:		ldmdb   r1!, {r8, r9, r10, ip}
 		mov     lr, r3, lspush #\push
 		subs    r2, r2, #32
 		ldmdb   r1!, {r3, r4, r5, r6}
 		orr     lr, lr, ip, lspull #\pull
 		mov     ip, ip, lspush #\push
-		orr     ip, ip, r9, lspull #\pull
+		orr     ip, ip, r10, lspull #\pull
+		mov     r10, r10, lspush #\push
+		orr     r10, r10, r9, lspull #\pull
 		mov     r9, r9, lspush #\push
 		orr     r9, r9, r8, lspull #\pull
 		mov     r8, r8, lspush #\push
-		orr     r8, r8, r7, lspull #\pull
-		mov     r7, r7, lspush #\push
-		orr     r7, r7, r6, lspull #\pull
+		orr     r8, r8, r6, lspull #\pull
 		mov     r6, r6, lspush #\push
 		orr     r6, r6, r5, lspull #\pull
 		mov     r5, r5, lspush #\push
 		orr     r5, r5, r4, lspull #\pull
 		mov     r4, r4, lspush #\push
 		orr     r4, r4, r3, lspull #\pull
-		stmdb   r0!, {r4 - r9, ip, lr}
+		stmdb   r0!, {r4 - r6, r8 - r10, ip, lr}
 		bge	12b
 	PLD(	cmn	r2, #96			)
 	PLD(	bge	13b			)
 
-		ldmfd	sp!, {r5 - r9}
-	UNWIND(	.fnend				) @ end of the second stmfd block
-
-	UNWIND(	.fnstart			)
-	UNWIND(	.save {r0, r4, lr}		) @ still in first stmfd block
+		ldmfd	sp!, {r5, r6, r8 - r10}
 
 14:		ands	ip, r2, #28
 		beq	16f
@@ -211,7 +191,6 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 
 16:		add	r1, r1, #(\pull / 8)
 		b	8b
-	UNWIND(	.fnend				)
 
 		.endm
 
@@ -222,5 +201,6 @@ WEAK(memmove)
 
 18:		backward_copy_shift	push=24	pull=8
 
+	UNWIND(	.fnend				)
 ENDPROC(memmove)
 ENDPROC(__memmove)
-- 
2.30.2




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