On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 16:32, Mathieu Desnoyers
<mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ----- On Feb 26, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Piotr Figiel figiel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> [...]
> > ---
> > v2:
> > Applied review comments:
> > - changed return value from the ptrace request to the size of the
> > configuration structure
> > - expanded configuration structure with the flags field and
> > the rseq abi structure size
> >
> [...]
> > +#define PTRACE_GET_RSEQ_CONFIGURATION 0x420f
> > +
> > +struct ptrace_rseq_configuration {
> > + __u64 rseq_abi_pointer;
> > + __u32 rseq_abi_size;
> > + __u32 signature;
> > + __u32 flags;
> > + __u32 pad;
> > +};
> > +
> [...]
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ
> > +static long ptrace_get_rseq_configuration(struct task_struct *task,
> > + unsigned long size, void __user *data)
> > +{
> > + struct ptrace_rseq_configuration conf = {
> > + .rseq_abi_pointer = (u64)(uintptr_t)task->rseq,
> > + .rseq_abi_size = sizeof(*task->rseq),
> > + .signature = task->rseq_sig,
> > + .flags = 0,
> > + };
> > +
> > + size = min_t(unsigned long, size, sizeof(conf));
> > + if (copy_to_user(data, &conf, size))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > + return sizeof(conf);
> > +}
>
> I think what Florian was after would be:
>
> struct ptrace_rseq_configuration {
> __u32 size; /* size of struct ptrace_rseq_configuration */
> __u32 flags;
> __u64 rseq_abi_pointer;
> __u32 signature;
> __u32 pad;
> };
>
> where:
>
> .size = sizeof(struct ptrace_rseq_configuration),
>
> This way, the configuration structure can be expanded in the future. The
> rseq ABI structure is by definition fixed-size, so there is no point in
> having its size here.
>
> Florian, did I understand your request correctly, or am I missing your point ?
In this case returning sizeof(conf) would serve the same purpose, wouldn't it?
Best Regards
Michał Mirosław
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