Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 03:07:15PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> The helpers added are: >> send_sig_mceerr >> force_sig_mceerr >> force_sig_bnderr >> force_sig_pkuerr >> >> Filling out siginfo properly can ge tricky. Especially for these >> specialized cases where the temptation is to share code with other >> cases which use a different subset of siginfo fields. Unfortunately >> that code sharing frequently results in bugs with the wrong siginfo >> fields filled in, and makes it harder to verify that the siginfo >> structure was properly initialized. >> >> Provide these helpers instead that get all of the details right, and >> guarantee that siginfo is properly initialized. >> >> send_sig_mceerr and force_sig_mceer are a little special as two si >> codes BUS_MCEERR_AO and BUS_MCEER_AR both use the same extended >> signinfo layout. > > nice. i can make use of these helpers in the memory-key implementation. > > One small nit-pick below though... > >> >> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> include/linux/sched/signal.h | 6 +++++ >> kernel/signal.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/signal.h b/include/linux/sched/signal.h > > ...snip.. > >> + >> +#ifdef SEGV_PKUERR > > Should this really be under SEGV_PKUERR ? that macro is defined > unconditionally anyway. Unless you are running my unified siginfo.h (from an earlier patchset which I build upon). It turns out that ia64 has a conflict for that number. So ia64 really can't use the define and this infrastructure. We might decide to sort that out and always have SEGV_PKUERR always defined. Sadly for the moment the #ifdef is necessary. >> +int force_sig_pkuerr(void __user *addr, u32 pkey) >> +{ >> + struct siginfo info; >> + >> + clear_siginfo(&info); >> + info.si_signo = SIGSEGV; >> + info.si_errno = 0; >> + info.si_code = SEGV_PKUERR; >> + info.si_addr = addr; >> + info.si_pkey = pkey; >> + return force_sig_info(info.si_signo, &info, current); >> +} >> +#endif Eric