From dceec3ff78076757311d92a388d50d0251fb7dbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Collingbourne Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:33:46 -0800 Subject: arm64: expose FAR_EL1 tag bits in siginfo The kernel currently clears the tag bits (i.e. bits 56-63) in the fault address exposed via siginfo.si_addr and sigcontext.fault_address. However, the tag bits may be needed by tools in order to accurately diagnose memory errors, such as HWASan [1] or future tools based on the Memory Tagging Extension (MTE). Expose these bits via the arch_untagged_si_addr mechanism, so that they are only exposed to signal handlers with the SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS flag set. [1] http://clang.llvm.org/docs/HardwareAssistedAddressSanitizerDesign.html Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/Ia8876bad8c798e0a32df7c2ce1256c4771c81446 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0010296597784267472fa13b39f8238d87a72cf8.1605904350.git.pcc@google.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas --- Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.rst b/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.rst index eab4323609b9..19d284b70384 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.rst @@ -53,12 +53,25 @@ visibility. Preserving tags --------------- -Non-zero tags are not preserved when delivering signals. This means that -signal handlers in applications making use of tags cannot rely on the -tag information for user virtual addresses being maintained for fields -inside siginfo_t. One exception to this rule is for signals raised in -response to watchpoint debug exceptions, where the tag information will -be preserved. +When delivering signals, non-zero tags are not preserved in +siginfo.si_addr unless the flag SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS was set in +sigaction.sa_flags when the signal handler was installed. This means +that signal handlers in applications making use of tags cannot rely +on the tag information for user virtual addresses being maintained +in these fields unless the flag was set. + +Due to architecture limitations, bits 63:60 of the fault address +are not preserved in response to synchronous tag check faults +(SEGV_MTESERR) even if SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS was set. Applications should +treat the values of these bits as undefined in order to accommodate +future architecture revisions which may preserve the bits. + +For signals raised in response to watchpoint debug exceptions, the +tag information will be preserved regardless of the SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS +flag setting. + +Non-zero tags are never preserved in sigcontext.fault_address +regardless of the SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS flag setting. The architecture prevents the use of a tagged PC, so the upper byte will be set to a sign-extension of bit 55 on exception return. -- cgit