The __clear_user function is defined to return the number of bytes that
could not be cleared. From the underlying memset / bzero implementation
this means setting register a2 to that number on return. Currently if a
page fault is triggered within the memset_partial block, the value
loaded into a2 on return is meaningless.
The label .Lpartial_fixup\@ is jumped to on page fault. In order to work
out how many bytes failed to copy, the exception handler should find how
many bytes left in the partial block (andi a2, STORMASK), add that to
the partial block end address (a2), and subtract the faulting address to
get the remainder. Currently it incorrectly subtracts the partial block
start address (t1), which has additionally has been clobbered to
generate a jump target in memset_partial. Fix this by adding the block
end address instead.
Since this code is non-trivial to read, add comments to describe the
fault handling.
This issue was found with the following test code:
int j, k;
for (j = 0; j < 512; j++) {
if ((k = clear_user(NULL, j)) != j) {
pr_err("clear_user (NULL %d) returned %d\n", j, k);
}
}
Which now passes on Creator Ci40 (MIPS32) and Cavium Octeon II (MIPS64).
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use James Hogan's suggestion of replacing t1 with a0 to get the
correct remainder count.
- Add comments to .Lpartial_fixup to aid those who next try to deciper
this code.
arch/mips/lib/memset.S | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/memset.S b/arch/mips/lib/memset.S
index 90bcdf1224ee..fa3bec269331 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/memset.S
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/memset.S
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@
.Lpartial_fixup\@:
PTR_L t0, TI_TASK($28)
- andi a2, STORMASK
- LONG_L t0, THREAD_BUADDR(t0)
- LONG_ADDU a2, t1
+ andi a2, STORMASK /* #Bytes beyond partial block */
+ LONG_L t0, THREAD_BUADDR(t0) /* Get faulting address */
+ LONG_ADDU a2, a0 /* Add end address of partial block */
jr ra
- LONG_SUBU a2, t0
+ LONG_SUBU a2, t0 /* a2 = partial_end + #bytes - fault */
.Llast_fixup\@:
jr ra
--
2.7.4
