[PATCH v11 0/8] arm64: expose FAR_EL1 tag bits in siginfo

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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).

We should not stop clearing these bits in the existing fault address
fields, because there may be existing userspace applications that are
expecting the tag bits to be cleared. Instead, create a new pair of
union fields in siginfo._sigfault, and store the tag bits of FAR_EL1
there, together with a mask specifying which bits are valid.

However, one does not simply add fields to siginfo, at least not without
a mechanism for userspace to detect that they are present and valid.
Therefore, the first seven patches in this series introduce a mechanism
for userspace to detect the presence of our new siginfo fields,
and the last patch uses it to advertise the presence of said fields.

The series can be viewed on Gerrit here:
https://linux-review.googlesource.com/q/Ia8876bad8c798e0a32df7c2ce1256c4771c81446

[1] http://clang.llvm.org/docs/HardwareAssistedAddressSanitizerDesign.html

Helge Deller (1):
  parisc: Drop parisc special case for __sighandler_t

Peter Collingbourne (7):
  parisc: start using signal-defs.h
  arch: move SA_* definitions to generic headers
  signal: clear non-uapi flag bits when passing/returning sa_flags
  signal: define the SA_UNSUPPORTED bit in sa_flags
  signal: deduplicate code dealing with common _sigfault fields
  signal: define the field siginfo.si_xflags
  arm64: expose FAR_EL1 tag bits in siginfo

 Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.rst    |  21 +++-
 arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h       |  14 ---
 arch/arm/include/asm/signal.h              |   2 +
 arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h         |  28 +----
 arch/arm64/include/asm/exception.h         |   2 +-
 arch/arm64/include/asm/signal.h            |  17 +++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/system_misc.h       |   2 +-
 arch/arm64/include/asm/traps.h             |   6 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/debug-monitors.c         |   5 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c           |   2 -
 arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c                 |   7 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/sys_compat.c             |   5 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c                  |  29 ++---
 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c                      |  59 ++++-----
 arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h       |  24 ----
 arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h        |  24 ----
 arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h        |  24 ----
 arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h        |  12 --
 arch/parisc/include/asm/signal.h           |   2 +
 arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h      |  34 +-----
 arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h     |  24 ----
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas-fault.c |   1 +
 arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h        |  24 ----
 arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h       |   4 +-
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h         |  24 ----
 arch/x86/kernel/signal_compat.c            |  11 +-
 arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h      |  24 ----
 include/linux/compat.h                     |   4 +
 include/linux/signal.h                     |  29 +++++
 include/linux/signal_types.h               |  12 ++
 include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h         |  14 +++
 include/uapi/asm-generic/signal-defs.h     |  58 +++++++++
 include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h          |  29 -----
 include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h                |  12 ++
 kernel/ptrace.c                            |  32 ++++-
 kernel/signal.c                            | 134 +++++++++++----------
 36 files changed, 328 insertions(+), 427 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/signal.h

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