From 136f39ddc53db3bcee2befbe323a56d4fbf06da8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephan Schreiber Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:22:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Wrong asm register contraints in the futex implementation The Linux Kernel contains some inline assembly source code which has wrong asm register constraints in arch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h. I observed this on Kernel 3.2.23 but it is also true on the most recent Kernel 3.9-rc1. File arch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h: static inline int futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr, u32 oldval, u32 newval) { if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(u32))) return -EFAULT; { register unsigned long r8 __asm ("r8"); unsigned long prev; __asm__ __volatile__( " mf;; \n" " mov %0=r0 \n" " mov ar.ccv=%4;; \n" "[1:] cmpxchg4.acq %1=[%2],%3,ar.ccv \n" " .xdata4 \"__ex_table\", 1b-., 2f-. \n" "[2:]" : "=r" (r8), "=r" (prev) : "r" (uaddr), "r" (newval), "rO" ((long) (unsigned) oldval) : "memory"); *uval = prev; return r8; } } The list of output registers is : "=r" (r8), "=r" (prev) The constraint "=r" means that the GCC has to maintain that these vars are in registers and contain valid info when the program flow leaves the assembly block (output registers). But "=r" also means that GCC can put them in registers that are used as input registers. Input registers are uaddr, newval, oldval on the example. The second assembly instruction " mov %0=r0 \n" is the first one which writes to a register; it sets %0 to 0. %0 means the first register operand; it is r8 here. (The r0 is read-only and always 0 on the Itanium; it can be used if an immediate zero value is needed.) This instruction might overwrite one of the other registers which are still needed. Whether it really happens depends on how GCC decides what registers it uses and how it optimizes the code. The objdump utility can give us disassembly. The futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic() function is inline, so we have to look for a module that uses the funtion. This is the cmpxchg_futex_value_locked() function in kernel/futex.c: static int cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(u32 *curval, u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, u32 newval) { int ret; pagefault_disable(); ret = futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(curval, uaddr, uval, newval); pagefault_enable(); return ret; } Now the disassembly. At first from the Kernel package 3.2.23 which has been compiled with GCC 4.4, remeber this Kernel seemed to work: objdump -d linux-3.2.23/debian/build/build_ia64_none_mckinley/kernel/futex.o 0000000000000230 : 230: 0b 18 80 1b 18 21 [MMI] adds r3=3168,r13;; 236: 80 40 0d 00 42 00 adds r8=40,r3 23c: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 240: 0b 50 00 10 10 10 [MMI] ld4 r10=[r8];; 246: 90 08 28 00 42 00 adds r9=1,r10 24c: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 250: 09 00 00 00 01 00 [MMI] nop.m 0x0 256: 00 48 20 20 23 00 st4 [r8]=r9 25c: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 260: 08 10 80 06 00 21 [MMI] adds r2=32,r3 266: 00 00 00 02 00 00 nop.m 0x0 26c: 02 08 f1 52 extr.u r16=r33,0,61 270: 05 40 88 00 08 e0 [MLX] addp4 r8=r34,r0 276: ff ff 0f 00 00 e0 movl r15=0xfffffffbfff;; 27c: f1 f7 ff 65 280: 09 70 00 04 18 10 [MMI] ld8 r14=[r2] 286: 00 00 00 02 00 c0 nop.m 0x0 28c: f0 80 1c d0 cmp.ltu p6,p7=r15,r16;; 290: 08 40 fc 1d 09 3b [MMI] cmp.eq p8,p9=-1,r14 296: 00 00 00 02 00 40 nop.m 0x0 29c: e1 08 2d d0 cmp.ltu p10,p11=r14,r33 2a0: 56 01 10 00 40 10 [BBB] (p10) br.cond.spnt.few 2e0 2a6: 02 08 00 80 21 03 (p08) br.cond.dpnt.few 2b0 2ac: 40 00 00 41 (p06) br.cond.spnt.few 2e0 2b0: 0a 00 00 00 22 00 [MMI] mf;; 2b6: 80 00 00 00 42 00 mov r8=r0 2bc: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0 2c0: 0b 00 20 40 2a 04 [MMI] mov.m ar.ccv=r8;; 2c6: 10 1a 85 22 20 00 cmpxchg4.acq r33=[r33],r35,ar.ccv 2cc: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 2d0: 10 00 84 40 90 11 [MIB] st4 [r32]=r33 2d6: 00 00 00 02 00 00 nop.i 0x0 2dc: 20 00 00 40 br.few 2f0 2e0: 09 40 c8 f9 ff 27 [MMI] mov r8=-14 2e6: 00 00 00 02 00 00 nop.m 0x0 2ec: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 2f0: 0b 58 20 1a 19 21 [MMI] adds r11=3208,r13;; 2f6: 20 01 2c 20 20 00 ld4 r18=[r11] 2fc: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 300: 0b 88 fc 25 3f 23 [MMI] adds r17=-1,r18;; 306: 00 88 2c 20 23 00 st4 [r11]=r17 30c: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 310: 11 00 00 00 01 00 [MIB] nop.m 0x0 316: 00 00 00 02 00 80 nop.i 0x0 31c: 08 00 84 00 br.ret.sptk.many b0;; The lines 2b0: 0a 00 00 00 22 00 [MMI] mf;; 2b6: 80 00 00 00 42 00 mov r8=r0 2bc: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0 2c0: 0b 00 20 40 2a 04 [MMI] mov.m ar.ccv=r8;; 2c6: 10 1a 85 22 20 00 cmpxchg4.acq r33=[r33],r35,ar.ccv 2cc: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; are the instructions of the assembly block. The line 2b6: 80 00 00 00 42 00 mov r8=r0 sets the r8 register to 0 and after that 2c0: 0b 00 20 40 2a 04 [MMI] mov.m ar.ccv=r8;; prepares the 'oldvalue' for the cmpxchg but it takes it from r8. This is wrong. What happened here is what I explained above: An input register is overwritten which is still needed. The register operand constraints in futex.h are wrong. (The problem doesn't occur when the Kernel is compiled with GCC 4.6.) The attached patch fixes the register operand constraints in futex.h. The code after patching of it: static inline int futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr, u32 oldval, u32 newval) { if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(u32))) return -EFAULT; { register unsigned long r8 __asm ("r8") = 0; unsigned long prev; __asm__ __volatile__( " mf;; \n" " mov ar.ccv=%4;; \n" "[1:] cmpxchg4.acq %1=[%2],%3,ar.ccv \n" " .xdata4 \"__ex_table\", 1b-., 2f-. \n" "[2:]" : "+r" (r8), "=&r" (prev) : "r" (uaddr), "r" (newval), "rO" ((long) (unsigned) oldval) : "memory"); *uval = prev; return r8; } } I also initialized the 'r8' var with the C programming language. The _asm qualifier on the definition of the 'r8' var forces GCC to use the r8 processor register for it. I don't believe that we should use inline assembly for zeroing out a local variable. The constraint is "+r" (r8) what means that it is both an input register and an output register. Note that the page fault handler will modify the r8 register which will be the return value of the function. The real fix is "=&r" (prev) The & means that GCC must not use any of the input registers to place this output register in. Patched the Kernel 3.2.23 and compiled it with GCC4.4: 0000000000000230 : 230: 0b 18 80 1b 18 21 [MMI] adds r3=3168,r13;; 236: 80 40 0d 00 42 00 adds r8=40,r3 23c: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 240: 0b 50 00 10 10 10 [MMI] ld4 r10=[r8];; 246: 90 08 28 00 42 00 adds r9=1,r10 24c: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 250: 09 00 00 00 01 00 [MMI] nop.m 0x0 256: 00 48 20 20 23 00 st4 [r8]=r9 25c: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 260: 08 10 80 06 00 21 [MMI] adds r2=32,r3 266: 20 12 01 10 40 00 addp4 r34=r34,r0 26c: 02 08 f1 52 extr.u r16=r33,0,61 270: 05 40 00 00 00 e1 [MLX] mov r8=r0 276: ff ff 0f 00 00 e0 movl r15=0xfffffffbfff;; 27c: f1 f7 ff 65 280: 09 70 00 04 18 10 [MMI] ld8 r14=[r2] 286: 00 00 00 02 00 c0 nop.m 0x0 28c: f0 80 1c d0 cmp.ltu p6,p7=r15,r16;; 290: 08 40 fc 1d 09 3b [MMI] cmp.eq p8,p9=-1,r14 296: 00 00 00 02 00 40 nop.m 0x0 29c: e1 08 2d d0 cmp.ltu p10,p11=r14,r33 2a0: 56 01 10 00 40 10 [BBB] (p10) br.cond.spnt.few 2e0 2a6: 02 08 00 80 21 03 (p08) br.cond.dpnt.few 2b0 2ac: 40 00 00 41 (p06) br.cond.spnt.few 2e0 2b0: 0b 00 00 00 22 00 [MMI] mf;; 2b6: 00 10 81 54 08 00 mov.m ar.ccv=r34 2bc: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 2c0: 09 58 8c 42 11 10 [MMI] cmpxchg4.acq r11=[r33],r35,ar.ccv 2c6: 00 00 00 02 00 00 nop.m 0x0 2cc: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 2d0: 10 00 2c 40 90 11 [MIB] st4 [r32]=r11 2d6: 00 00 00 02 00 00 nop.i 0x0 2dc: 20 00 00 40 br.few 2f0 2e0: 09 40 c8 f9 ff 27 [MMI] mov r8=-14 2e6: 00 00 00 02 00 00 nop.m 0x0 2ec: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 2f0: 0b 88 20 1a 19 21 [MMI] adds r17=3208,r13;; 2f6: 30 01 44 20 20 00 ld4 r19=[r17] 2fc: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 300: 0b 90 fc 27 3f 23 [MMI] adds r18=-1,r19;; 306: 00 90 44 20 23 00 st4 [r17]=r18 30c: 00 00 04 00 nop.i 0x0;; 310: 11 00 00 00 01 00 [MIB] nop.m 0x0 316: 00 00 00 02 00 80 nop.i 0x0 31c: 08 00 84 00 br.ret.sptk.many b0;; Much better. There is a 270: 05 40 00 00 00 e1 [MLX] mov r8=r0 which was generated by C code r8 = 0. Below 2b6: 00 10 81 54 08 00 mov.m ar.ccv=r34 what means that oldval is no longer overwritten. This is Debian bug#702641 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702641). The patch is applicable on Kernel 3.9-rc1, 3.2.23 and many other versions. Signed-off-by: Stephan Schreiber Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tony Luck --- arch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h index d2bf1fd5e44f..76acbcd5c060 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h @@ -106,16 +106,15 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr, return -EFAULT; { - register unsigned long r8 __asm ("r8"); + register unsigned long r8 __asm ("r8") = 0; unsigned long prev; __asm__ __volatile__( " mf;; \n" - " mov %0=r0 \n" " mov ar.ccv=%4;; \n" "[1:] cmpxchg4.acq %1=[%2],%3,ar.ccv \n" " .xdata4 \"__ex_table\", 1b-., 2f-. \n" "[2:]" - : "=r" (r8), "=r" (prev) + : "+r" (r8), "=&r" (prev) : "r" (uaddr), "r" (newval), "rO" ((long) (unsigned) oldval) : "memory"); -- 2.39.5