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-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile7
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S54
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S5
3 files changed, 42 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 556d424c6f52..45d5cfe46429 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ btildflags-$(CONFIG_ARM64_BTI_KERNEL) += -z force-bti
# potential future proofing if we end up with internal calls to the exported
# routines, as x86 does (see 6f121e548f83 ("x86, vdso: Reimplement vdso.so
# preparation in build-time C")).
-ldflags-y := -shared -nostdlib -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 --hash-style=sysv \
- -Bsymbolic --eh-frame-hdr --build-id -n $(btildflags-y) -T
+ldflags-y := -shared -nostdlib -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 --hash-style=sysv \
+ -Bsymbolic $(call ld-option, --no-eh-frame-hdr) --build-id -n \
+ $(btildflags-y) -T
ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector -ffixed-x18
ccflags-y += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) -Os $(CC_FLAGS_SCS)
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) -Os $(CC_FLAGS_SCS) $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS)
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_LTO)
KASAN_SANITIZE := n
UBSAN_SANITIZE := n
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
index 620a3ef837b7..0e18729abc3b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.S
@@ -18,29 +18,40 @@
.text
+/*
+ * NOTE!!! You may notice that all of the .cfi directives in this file have
+ * been commented out. This is because they have been shown to trigger segfaults
+ * in libgcc when unwinding out of a SIGCANCEL handler to invoke pthread
+ * cleanup handlers during the thread cancellation dance. By omitting the
+ * directives, we trigger an arm64-specific fallback path in the unwinder which
+ * recognises the signal frame and restores many of the registers directly from
+ * the sigcontext. Re-enabling the cfi directives here therefore needs to be
+ * much more comprehensive to reduce the risk of further regressions.
+ */
+
/* Ensure that the mysterious NOP can be associated with a function. */
- .cfi_startproc
+// .cfi_startproc
/*
- * .cfi_signal_frame causes the corresponding Frame Description Entry in the
- * .eh_frame section to be annotated as a signal frame. This allows DWARF
- * unwinders (e.g. libstdc++) to implement _Unwind_GetIPInfo(), which permits
- * unwinding out of the signal trampoline without the need for the mysterious
- * NOP.
+ * .cfi_signal_frame causes the corresponding Frame Description Entry (FDE) in
+ * the .eh_frame section to be annotated as a signal frame. This allows DWARF
+ * unwinders (e.g. libstdc++) to implement _Unwind_GetIPInfo() and identify
+ * the next frame using the unmodified return address instead of subtracting 1,
+ * which may yield the wrong FDE.
*/
- .cfi_signal_frame
+// .cfi_signal_frame
/*
* Tell the unwinder where to locate the frame record linking back to the
- * interrupted context. We don't provide unwind info for registers other
- * than the frame pointer and the link register here; in practice, this
- * is sufficient for unwinding in C/C++ based runtimes and the values in
- * the sigcontext may have been modified by this point anyway. Debuggers
+ * interrupted context. We don't provide unwind info for registers other than
+ * the frame pointer and the link register here; in practice, this is likely to
+ * be insufficient for unwinding in C/C++ based runtimes, especially without a
+ * means to restore the stack pointer. Thankfully, unwinders and debuggers
* already have baked-in strategies for attempting to unwind out of signals.
*/
- .cfi_def_cfa x29, 0
- .cfi_offset x29, 0 * 8
- .cfi_offset x30, 1 * 8
+// .cfi_def_cfa x29, 0
+// .cfi_offset x29, 0 * 8
+// .cfi_offset x30, 1 * 8
/*
* This mysterious NOP is required for some unwinders (e.g. libc++) that
@@ -51,16 +62,19 @@
nop // Mysterious NOP
/*
- * GDB relies on being able to identify the sigreturn instruction sequence to
- * unwind from signal handlers. We cannot, therefore, use SYM_FUNC_START()
- * here, as it will emit a BTI C instruction and break the unwinder. Thankfully,
- * this function is only ever called from a RET and so omitting the landing pad
- * is perfectly fine.
+ * GDB, libgcc and libunwind rely on being able to identify the sigreturn
+ * instruction sequence to unwind from signal handlers. We cannot, therefore,
+ * use SYM_FUNC_START() here, as it will emit a BTI C instruction and break the
+ * unwinder. Thankfully, this function is only ever called from a RET and so
+ * omitting the landing pad is perfectly fine.
*/
SYM_CODE_START(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
+// PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY
mov x8, #__NR_rt_sigreturn
+// PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY
svc #0
- .cfi_endproc
+// PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY
+// .cfi_endproc
SYM_CODE_END(__kernel_rt_sigreturn)
emit_aarch64_feature_1_and
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
index 7ad2d3a0cd48..d808ad31e01f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ OUTPUT_ARCH(aarch64)
SECTIONS
{
- PROVIDE(_vdso_data = . - PAGE_SIZE);
+ PROVIDE(_vdso_data = . - __VVAR_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE);
+#ifdef CONFIG_TIME_NS
+ PROVIDE(_timens_data = _vdso_data + PAGE_SIZE);
+#endif
. = VDSO_LBASE + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
.hash : { *(.hash) } :text