[RFC PATCH] arm64: signal: Make parse_user_sigframe() independent of rt_sigframe layout

[Dave Martin]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 06:05:44PM +0300, Yury Norov wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:07:39AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> > ILP32 support uses the same struct sigcontext as the native ABI
> > (i.e., LP64), but a different layout for the rest of the signal
> > frame (since siginfo_t and ucontext_t are both ABI-dependent).
> > 
> > Since the purpose of parse_user_sigframe() is really to parse
> > sigcontext and not the whole signal frame, the function does not
> > need to depend on the layout of rt_sigframe -- the only purpose of
> > the rt_sigframe pointer is for use as a base to measure the signal
> > frame size.
> > 
> > So, this patch renames the function to parse_user_sigcontext() and
> > makes the sigframe base pointer generic.  ABI-specific parsers that
> > share the same sigcontext definition can then call it.
> > 
> > To minimise churn in this patch, the native LP64 parser is retained
> > under the old name, but becomes a call to parse_user_sigconext().
> > It may make sense instead to fold this into its restore_sigframe(),
> > depending on how ILP32 support is integrated.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Yury Norov <ynorov at caviumnetworks.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin at arm.com>
> > ---
> > 
> > This patch depends on [1], which does not appear to be applied yet.
> > 
> > [1] [PATCH] arm64: signal: Allow expansion of the signal frame                  http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2017-June/514699.html

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FYI, [1] above is now merged in arm64 for-next/core, so we shouldn't
have dependency issues with this patch.

> > +static int parse_user_sigframe(struct user_ctxs *user,
> > +			       struct rt_sigframe __user const *sf)
> > +{
> > +	return parse_user_sigcontext(user, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext, sf);
> > +}
> > +
> 
> Hi Dave, 
> 
> Thank you. Seems this is what I need. Only one thing. We can #define
> parse_user_sigframe() as macro, and so bypass type control.
> The macro then will be used both by lp64 and ilp32 without any
> modification.

For the reasons you already gave, parse_user_sigframe is probably not
the right name for such a macro.  But it otherwise makes sense as an
interface.  Does [2] look OK for you?

Unless you suggest otherwise, I don't plan to maintain or push this
patch -- I think it makes more sense for you to carry it in the ILP32
series, since that's the only thing that needs it.

Cheers
---Dave

[2] [RFC PATCH v2] arm64: signal: Make parse_user_sigframe() independent of rt_sigframe layout
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2017-June/515746.html