[PATCH v2] ARM:unwind:fix unwind abort for uleb128 case

Haibo Li haibo.li at mediatek.com
Thu Apr 13 00:34:29 PDT 2023


When unwind instruction is 0xb2,the subsequent instructions
are uleb128 bytes.
For now,it uses only the first uleb128 byte in code.

For vsp increments of 0x204~0x400,use one uleb128 byte like below:
0xc06a00e4 <unwind_test_work>: 0x80b27fac
  Compact model index: 0
  0xb2 0x7f vsp = vsp + 1024
  0xac      pop {r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r14}

For vsp increments larger than 0x400,use two uleb128 bytes like below:
0xc06a00e4 <unwind_test_work>: @0xc0cc9e0c
  Compact model index: 1
  0xb2 0x81 0x01 vsp = vsp + 1032
  0xac      pop {r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r14}
The unwind works well since the decoded uleb128 byte is also 0x81.

For vsp increments larger than 0x600,use two uleb128 bytes like below:
0xc06a00e4 <unwind_test_work>: @0xc0cc9e0c
  Compact model index: 1
  0xb2 0x81 0x02 vsp = vsp + 1544
  0xac      pop {r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, r14}
In this case,the decoded uleb128 result is 0x101(vsp=0x204+(0x101<<2)).
While the uleb128 used in code is 0x81(vsp=0x204+(0x81<<2)).
The unwind aborts at this frame since it gets incorrect vsp.

To fix this,add uleb128 decode to cover all the above case.

Signed-off-by: Haibo Li <haibo.li at mediatek.com>
---
v2:
- As Linus Walleij and Alexandre Mergnat suggested,add comments for unwind_decode_uleb128
- As Alexandre Mergnat suggested,change variables declaration in Alphabetical order
---
 arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c b/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
index 53be7ea6181b..f37e55fcf81d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
@@ -308,6 +308,29 @@ static int unwind_exec_pop_subset_r0_to_r3(struct unwind_ctrl_block *ctrl,
 	return URC_OK;
 }
 
+static unsigned long unwind_decode_uleb128(struct unwind_ctrl_block *ctrl)
+{
+	unsigned long bytes = 0;
+	unsigned long insn;
+	unsigned long result = 0;
+
+	/* unwind_get_byte() will advance ctrl one instruction at a time,
+	 * we loop until we get an instruction byte where bit 7 is not set.
+	 * Note:It decodes max 4 bytes to output 28bits data.
+	 * 28bits data(0xfffffff) covers vsp increments of 1073742336.
+	 * It is sufficent for unwinding stack.
+	 */
+	do {
+		insn = unwind_get_byte(ctrl);
+		result |= (insn & 0x7f) << (bytes * 7);
+		bytes++;
+		if (bytes == sizeof(result))
+			break;
+	} while (!!(insn & 0x80));
+
+	return result;
+}
+
 /*
  * Execute the current unwind instruction.
  */
@@ -361,7 +384,7 @@ static int unwind_exec_insn(struct unwind_ctrl_block *ctrl)
 		if (ret)
 			goto error;
 	} else if (insn == 0xb2) {
-		unsigned long uleb128 = unwind_get_byte(ctrl);
+		unsigned long uleb128 = unwind_decode_uleb128(ctrl);
 
 		ctrl->vrs[SP] += 0x204 + (uleb128 << 2);
 	} else {
-- 
2.25.1




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