[PATCH v8 7/9] kselftest/arm64/mte: add verification for address tag in signal handler

Yeoreum Yun yeoreum.yun at arm.com
Wed Jun 11 11:07:32 PDT 2025


Add the address tag [63:60] verification when synchronous mte fault is happen.
when signal handler is registered with SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS,
address includes not only memory tag [59:56] but also address tag.
Therefore, when verify fault address location, remove both tags

Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
---
 .../selftests/arm64/mte/mte_common_util.c     | 38 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/mte_common_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/mte_common_util.c
index d9702a542cb6..10dcbc37e379 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/mte_common_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/mte_common_util.c
@@ -33,12 +33,25 @@ static unsigned int mte_cur_pstate_tco;
 
 void mte_default_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *si, void *uc)
 {
+	struct sigaction sa;
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)si->si_addr;
+	unsigned char si_tag, si_atag;
+
+	sigaction(signum, NULL, &sa);
+
+	if (sa.sa_flags & SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS) {
+		si_tag = MT_FETCH_TAG(addr);
+		si_atag = MT_FETCH_ATAG(addr);
+		addr = MT_CLEAR_TAGS(addr);
+	} else {
+		si_tag = 0;
+		si_atag = 0;
+	}
 
 	if (signum == SIGSEGV) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
-		ksft_print_msg("INFO: SIGSEGV signal at pc=%lx, fault addr=%lx, si_code=%lx\n",
-				((ucontext_t *)uc)->uc_mcontext.pc, addr, si->si_code);
+		ksft_print_msg("INFO: SIGSEGV signal at pc=%lx, fault addr=%lx, si_code=%lx, si_tag=%x, si_atag=%x\n",
+				((ucontext_t *)uc)->uc_mcontext.pc, addr, si->si_code, si_tag, si_atag);
 #endif
 		if (si->si_code == SEGV_MTEAERR) {
 			if (cur_mte_cxt.trig_si_code == si->si_code)
@@ -51,13 +64,18 @@ void mte_default_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *si, void *uc)
 		}
 		/* Compare the context for precise error */
 		else if (si->si_code == SEGV_MTESERR) {
+			if ((!mtefar_support && si_atag) || (si_atag != MT_FETCH_ATAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr))) {
+				ksft_print_msg("Invalid MTE synchronous exception caught for address tag! si_tag=%x, si_atag: %x\n", si_tag, si_atag);
+				exit(KSFT_FAIL);
+			}
+
 			if (cur_mte_cxt.trig_si_code == si->si_code &&
 			    ((cur_mte_cxt.trig_range >= 0 &&
-			      addr >= MT_CLEAR_TAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) &&
-			      addr <= (MT_CLEAR_TAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) + cur_mte_cxt.trig_range)) ||
+			      addr >= MT_CLEAR_TAGS(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) &&
+			      addr <= (MT_CLEAR_TAGS(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) + cur_mte_cxt.trig_range)) ||
 			     (cur_mte_cxt.trig_range < 0 &&
-			      addr <= MT_CLEAR_TAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) &&
-			      addr >= (MT_CLEAR_TAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) + cur_mte_cxt.trig_range)))) {
+			      addr <= MT_CLEAR_TAGS(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) &&
+			      addr >= (MT_CLEAR_TAGS(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) + cur_mte_cxt.trig_range)))) {
 				cur_mte_cxt.fault_valid = true;
 				/* Adjust the pc by 4 */
 				((ucontext_t *)uc)->uc_mcontext.pc += 4;
@@ -73,11 +91,11 @@ void mte_default_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *si, void *uc)
 		ksft_print_msg("INFO: SIGBUS signal at pc=%llx, fault addr=%lx, si_code=%x\n",
 				((ucontext_t *)uc)->uc_mcontext.pc, addr, si->si_code);
 		if ((cur_mte_cxt.trig_range >= 0 &&
-		     addr >= MT_CLEAR_TAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) &&
-		     addr <= (MT_CLEAR_TAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) + cur_mte_cxt.trig_range)) ||
+		     addr >= MT_CLEAR_TAGS(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) &&
+		     addr <= (MT_CLEAR_TAGS(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) + cur_mte_cxt.trig_range)) ||
 		    (cur_mte_cxt.trig_range < 0 &&
-		     addr <= MT_CLEAR_TAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) &&
-		     addr >= (MT_CLEAR_TAG(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) + cur_mte_cxt.trig_range))) {
+		     addr <= MT_CLEAR_TAGS(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) &&
+		     addr >= (MT_CLEAR_TAGS(cur_mte_cxt.trig_addr) + cur_mte_cxt.trig_range))) {
 			cur_mte_cxt.fault_valid = true;
 			/* Adjust the pc by 4 */
 			((ucontext_t *)uc)->uc_mcontext.pc += 4;
-- 
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