[PATCH v7 10/13] x86/um: nommu: signal handling

Benjamin Berg benjamin at sipsolutions.net
Thu Jun 19 04:43:06 PDT 2025


Hi,

I am not sure that fxsaveq/fxrstorq is guaranteed to be sufficient. I
don't think that catches some of the newer AVX registers for example.

At the same time, dealing with all that properly could be rather
annoying. I don't really have a solution for that, normal UM does not
need to deal with many of those details …

Benjamin 

On Mon, 2025-01-20 at 15:00 +0900, Hajime Tazaki wrote:
> This commit updates the behavior of signal handling under !MMU
> environment. It adds the alignment code for signal frame as the frame
> is used in userspace as-is.
> 
> floating point register is carefully handling upon entry/leave of
> syscall routine so that signal handlers can read/write the contents of
> the register.
> 
> It also adds the follow up routine for SIGSEGV as a signal delivery runs
> in the same stack frame while we have to avoid endless SIGSEGV.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hajime Tazaki <thehajime at gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h    |   4 +
>  arch/um/nommu/Makefile                |   2 +-
>  arch/um/nommu/os-Linux/signal.c       |  13 ++
>  arch/um/nommu/trap.c                  | 188 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c             |  25 +++-
>  arch/x86/um/nommu/do_syscall_64.c     |   6 +
>  arch/x86/um/nommu/os-Linux/mcontext.c |  11 ++
>  arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/mcontext.h  |   1 +
>  arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/ptrace.h    |   2 +-
>  9 files changed, 243 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/um/nommu/trap.c
> 
> diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h b/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h
> index 1dd3d02c4e39..3569ca1603a8 100644
> --- a/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h
> +++ b/arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h
> @@ -71,8 +71,12 @@ void kasan_map_memory(void *start, size_t len);
>  static inline void arch_sigsys_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, void *mc)
>  {
>  }
> +static inline void arch_sigsegv_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, void *mc)
> +{
> +}
>  #else
>  extern void arch_sigsys_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, void *mc);
> +extern void arch_sigsegv_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, void *mc);
>  #endif
>  
>  #endif
> diff --git a/arch/um/nommu/Makefile b/arch/um/nommu/Makefile
> index baab7c2f57c2..096221590cfd 100644
> --- a/arch/um/nommu/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/um/nommu/Makefile
> @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  
> -obj-y := os-Linux/
> +obj-y := trap.o os-Linux/
> diff --git a/arch/um/nommu/os-Linux/signal.c b/arch/um/nommu/os-Linux/signal.c
> index 1674962e509d..b9e3070f2c36 100644
> --- a/arch/um/nommu/os-Linux/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/um/nommu/os-Linux/signal.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>  #include <os.h>
>  #include <sysdep/mcontext.h>
>  #include <sys/ucontext.h>
> +#include <as-layout.h>
>  
>  void arch_sigsys_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, void *ptr)
>  {
> @@ -13,3 +14,15 @@ void arch_sigsys_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, void *ptr)
>  	/* hook syscall via SIGSYS */
>  	set_mc_sigsys_hook(mc);
>  }
> +
> +void arch_sigsegv_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *si, void *ptr)
> +{
> +	mcontext_t *mc = (mcontext_t *) ptr;
> +
> +	/* !MMU specific part; detection of userspace */
> +	if (mc->gregs[REG_RIP] > uml_reserved &&
> +	    mc->gregs[REG_RIP] < high_physmem) {
> +		/* !MMU: force handle signals after rt_sigreturn() */
> +		set_mc_userspace_relay_signal(mc);
> +	}
> +}
> diff --git a/arch/um/nommu/trap.c b/arch/um/nommu/trap.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..cda71ecb1115
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/um/nommu/trap.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +#include <linux/mm.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
> +#include <linux/hardirq.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/debug.h>
> +#include <asm/current.h>
> +#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
> +#include <arch.h>
> +#include <as-layout.h>
> +#include <kern_util.h>
> +#include <os.h>
> +#include <skas.h>
> +
> +/*
> + * Note this is constrained to return 0, -EFAULT, -EACCES, -ENOMEM by
> + * segv().
> + */
> +int handle_page_fault(unsigned long address, unsigned long ip,
> +		      int is_write, int is_user, int *code_out)
> +{
> +	/* !MMU has no pagefault */
> +	return -EFAULT;
> +}
> +
> +static void show_segv_info(struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
> +	struct faultinfo *fi = UPT_FAULTINFO(regs);
> +
> +	if (!unhandled_signal(tsk, SIGSEGV))
> +		return;
> +
> +	pr_warn_ratelimited("%s%s[%d]: segfault at %lx ip %p sp %p error %x",
> +			    task_pid_nr(tsk) > 1 ? KERN_INFO : KERN_EMERG,
> +			    tsk->comm, task_pid_nr(tsk), FAULT_ADDRESS(*fi),
> +			    (void *)UPT_IP(regs), (void *)UPT_SP(regs),
> +			    fi->error_code);
> +}
> +
> +static void bad_segv(struct faultinfo fi, unsigned long ip)
> +{
> +	current->thread.arch.faultinfo = fi;
> +	force_sig_fault(SIGSEGV, SEGV_ACCERR, (void __user *) FAULT_ADDRESS(fi));
> +}
> +
> +void fatal_sigsegv(void)
> +{
> +	force_fatal_sig(SIGSEGV);
> +	do_signal(&current->thread.regs);
> +	/*
> +	 * This is to tell gcc that we're not returning - do_signal
> +	 * can, in general, return, but in this case, it's not, since
> +	 * we just got a fatal SIGSEGV queued.
> +	 */
> +	os_dump_core();
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * segv_handler() - the SIGSEGV handler
> + * @sig:	the signal number
> + * @unused_si:	the signal info struct; unused in this handler
> + * @regs:	the ptrace register information
> + *
> + * The handler first extracts the faultinfo from the UML ptrace regs struct.
> + * If the userfault did not happen in an UML userspace process, bad_segv is called.
> + * Otherwise the signal did happen in a cloned userspace process, handle it.
> + */
> +void segv_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	struct faultinfo *fi = UPT_FAULTINFO(regs);
> +
> +	/* !MMU specific part; detection of userspace */
> +	/* mark is_user=1 when the IP is from userspace code. */
> +	if (UPT_IP(regs) > uml_reserved && UPT_IP(regs) < high_physmem)
> +		regs->is_user = 1;
> +
> +	if (UPT_IS_USER(regs) && !SEGV_IS_FIXABLE(fi)) {
> +		show_segv_info(regs);
> +		bad_segv(*fi, UPT_IP(regs));
> +		return;
> +	}
> +	segv(*fi, UPT_IP(regs), UPT_IS_USER(regs), regs);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * We give a *copy* of the faultinfo in the regs to segv.
> + * This must be done, since nesting SEGVs could overwrite
> + * the info in the regs. A pointer to the info then would
> + * give us bad data!
> + */
> +unsigned long segv(struct faultinfo fi, unsigned long ip, int is_user,
> +		   struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	int si_code;
> +	int err;
> +	int is_write = FAULT_WRITE(fi);
> +	unsigned long address = FAULT_ADDRESS(fi);
> +
> +	if (!is_user && regs)
> +		current->thread.segv_regs = container_of(regs, struct pt_regs, regs);
> +
> +	if (current->mm == NULL) {
> +		show_regs(container_of(regs, struct pt_regs, regs));
> +		panic("Segfault with no mm");
> +	} else if (!is_user && address > PAGE_SIZE && address < TASK_SIZE) {
> +		show_regs(container_of(regs, struct pt_regs, regs));
> +		panic("Kernel tried to access user memory at addr 0x%lx, ip 0x%lx",
> +		       address, ip);
> +	}
> +
> +	if (SEGV_IS_FIXABLE(&fi))
> +		err = handle_page_fault(address, ip, is_write, is_user,
> +					&si_code);
> +	else {
> +		err = -EFAULT;
> +		/*
> +		 * A thread accessed NULL, we get a fault, but CR2 is invalid.
> +		 * This code is used in __do_copy_from_user() of TT mode.
> +		 * XXX tt mode is gone, so maybe this isn't needed any more
> +		 */
> +		address = 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (!err)
> +		goto out;
> +	else if (!is_user && arch_fixup(ip, regs))
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	if (!is_user) {
> +		show_regs(container_of(regs, struct pt_regs, regs));
> +		panic("Kernel mode fault at addr 0x%lx, ip 0x%lx",
> +		      address, ip);
> +	}
> +
> +	show_segv_info(regs);
> +
> +	if (err == -EACCES) {
> +		current->thread.arch.faultinfo = fi;
> +		force_sig_fault(SIGBUS, BUS_ADRERR, (void __user *)address);
> +	} else {
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(err != -EFAULT);
> +		current->thread.arch.faultinfo = fi;
> +		force_sig_fault(SIGSEGV, si_code, (void __user *) address);
> +	}
> +
> +out:
> +	if (regs)
> +		current->thread.segv_regs = NULL;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void relay_signal(int sig, struct siginfo *si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	int code, err;
> +
> +	if (!UPT_IS_USER(regs)) {
> +		if (sig == SIGBUS)
> +			pr_err("Bus error - the host /dev/shm or /tmp mount likely just ran out of space\n");
> +		panic("Kernel mode signal %d", sig);
> +	}
> +
> +	arch_examine_signal(sig, regs);
> +
> +	/* Is the signal layout for the signal known?
> +	 * Signal data must be scrubbed to prevent information leaks.
> +	 */
> +	code = si->si_code;
> +	err = si->si_errno;
> +	if ((err == 0) && (siginfo_layout(sig, code) == SIL_FAULT)) {
> +		struct faultinfo *fi = UPT_FAULTINFO(regs);
> +
> +		current->thread.arch.faultinfo = *fi;
> +		force_sig_fault(sig, code, (void __user *)FAULT_ADDRESS(*fi));
> +	} else {
> +		pr_err("Attempted to relay unknown signal %d (si_code = %d) with errno %d\n",
> +		       sig, code, err);
> +		force_sig(sig);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +void winch(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +	do_IRQ(WINCH_IRQ, regs);
> +}
> diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
> index 97efdabe1e45..3997d827bf4c 100644
> --- a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
> @@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ static void sig_handler_common(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc)
>  	int save_errno = errno;
>  
>  	r.is_user = 0;
> -	if (sig == SIGSEGV) {
> -		/* For segfaults, we want the data from the sigcontext. */
> -		get_regs_from_mc(&r, mc);
> -		GET_FAULTINFO_FROM_MC(r.faultinfo, mc);
> -	}
> -
>  	/* enable signals if sig isn't IRQ signal */
>  	if ((sig != SIGIO) && (sig != SIGWINCH))
>  		unblock_signals_trace();
> @@ -177,8 +171,25 @@ static void sigsys_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, mcontext_t *mc)
>  	arch_sigsys_handler(sig, unused_si, mc);
>  }
>  
> +static void sigsegv_handler(int sig, struct siginfo *unused_si, mcontext_t *mc)
> +{
> +	struct uml_pt_regs r;
> +	int save_errno = errno;
> +
> +	r.is_user = 0;
> +
> +	/* For segfaults, we want the data from the sigcontext. */
> +	get_regs_from_mc(&r, mc);
> +	GET_FAULTINFO_FROM_MC(r.faultinfo, mc);
> +
> +	segv_handler(sig, unused_si, &r);
> +	arch_sigsegv_handler(sig, unused_si, mc);
> +
> +	errno = save_errno;
> +}
> +
>  static void (*handlers[_NSIG])(int sig, struct siginfo *si, mcontext_t *mc) = {
> -	[SIGSEGV] = sig_handler,
> +	[SIGSEGV] = sigsegv_handler,
>  	[SIGBUS] = sig_handler,
>  	[SIGILL] = sig_handler,
>  	[SIGFPE] = sig_handler,
> diff --git a/arch/x86/um/nommu/do_syscall_64.c b/arch/x86/um/nommu/do_syscall_64.c
> index 796beb0089fc..48b3d29e2db1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/um/nommu/do_syscall_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/um/nommu/do_syscall_64.c
> @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ __visible void do_syscall_64(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	/* set fs register to the original host one */
>  	os_x86_arch_prctl(0, ARCH_SET_FS, (void *)host_fs);
>  
> +	/* save fp registers */
> +	asm volatile("fxsaveq %0" : "=m"(*(struct _xstate *)regs->regs.fp));
> +
>  	if (likely(syscall < NR_syscalls)) {
>  		PT_REGS_SET_SYSCALL_RETURN(regs,
>  				EXECUTE_SYSCALL(syscall, regs));
> @@ -66,6 +69,9 @@ __visible void do_syscall_64(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	set_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
>  	interrupt_end();
>  
> +	/* restore fp registers */
> +	asm volatile("fxrstorq %0" : : "m"((current->thread.regs.regs.fp)));
> +
>  	/* restore back fs register to userspace configured one */
>  	os_x86_arch_prctl(0, ARCH_SET_FS,
>  		      (void *)(current->thread.regs.regs.gp[FS_BASE
> diff --git a/arch/x86/um/nommu/os-Linux/mcontext.c b/arch/x86/um/nommu/os-Linux/mcontext.c
> index c4ef877d5ea0..955e7d9f4765 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/um/nommu/os-Linux/mcontext.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/um/nommu/os-Linux/mcontext.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,17 @@
>  #include <sysdep/mcontext.h>
>  #include <sysdep/syscalls.h>
>  
> +static void __userspace_relay_signal(void)
> +{
> +	/* XXX: dummy syscall */
> +	__asm__ volatile("call *%0" : : "r"(__kernel_vsyscall), "a"(39) :);
> +}
> +
> +void set_mc_userspace_relay_signal(mcontext_t *mc)
> +{
> +	mc->gregs[REG_RIP] = (unsigned long) __userspace_relay_signal;
> +}
> +
>  void set_mc_sigsys_hook(mcontext_t *mc)
>  {
>  	mc->gregs[REG_RCX] = mc->gregs[REG_RIP];
> diff --git a/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/mcontext.h b/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/mcontext.h
> index 15e9ff287021..0efe5ddf95af 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/mcontext.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/mcontext.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>  extern void get_regs_from_mc(struct uml_pt_regs *, mcontext_t *);
>  #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
>  extern void set_mc_sigsys_hook(mcontext_t *mc);
> +extern void set_mc_userspace_relay_signal(mcontext_t *mc);
>  #endif
>  
>  #ifdef __i386__
> diff --git a/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/ptrace.h
> index 8f7476ff6e95..7d553d9f05be 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/ptrace.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/ptrace.h
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct uml_pt_regs {
>  	int is_user;
>  
>  	/* Dynamically sized FP registers (holds an XSTATE) */
> -	unsigned long fp[];
> +	unsigned long fp[] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
>  };
>  
>  #define EMPTY_UML_PT_REGS { }




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