Re: [RFC 3/3] x86/ptrace: down with test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32)

From: Dmitry Safonov
Date: Mon Apr 25 2016 - 16:37:30 EST


2016-04-25 22:33 GMT+03:00 Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 04/25/2016 08:14 PM, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/25/2016 07:53 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> As the task isn't executing at the moment of {GET,SET}REGS,
>>>>> return regset that corresponds to code selector.
>>>>> So, for i386 elf binary that changed it's CS to __USER_CS
>>>>> it will return full x86_64 register set.
>>>>>
>>>>> That will change ABI: i.e, strace uses returned register size
>>>>> to determine, in which mode the application is.
>>>>> With the current ABI that way is buggy:
>>>>
>>>> Oleg, any comment here?
>>>>
>>>>> int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>>>>> {
>>>>> printf("Here we exit\n");
>>>>> fflush(stdout);
>>>>> asm volatile ("int $0x80" : : "a" (__NR_exit), "D" (1));
>>>>> printf("After exit\n");
>>>>>
>>>>> return 0;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> This program will confuse strace:
>>>>>
>>>>> [tst]$ strace ./confuse 2>&1 | tail
>>>>> brk(0x1ca1000) = 0x1ca1000
>>>>> write(1, "Here we exit\n", 13Here we exit
>>>>> ) = 13
>>>>> exit(1) = ?
>>>>> <... exit resumed> strace: _exit returned!
>>>>> ) = ?
>>>>> write(1, "After exit\n", 11After exit
>>>>> ) = 11
>>>>> exit_group(0) = ?
>>>>> +++ exited with 0 +++
>>>>>
>>>>> So this ABI change should make PTRACE_GETREGSET more reliable and
>>>>> this will be another step to drop TIF_{IA32,X32} flags.
>>>>
>>>> Does strace start working again with this change? I suspect that
>>>> we'll eventually have to expose syscall_get_arch directly through
>>>> ptrace, but that's a project for another day.
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, crap, not yet - seems like, I failed with my test.
>>> I'll resend this patch as will get it fixed, sorry.
>>
>>
>> I find out, what I have changed (and broke test):
>>> if (!user_64bit_mode(task_pt_regs(task)))
>> was
>>> if (task_thread_info(task)->status & TS_COMPAT)
>>
>> That way the test runs now:
>>>
>>> brk(NULL) = 0x1145000
>>> brk(0x1167000) = 0x1167000
>>> write(1, "Here we exit\n", 13Here we exit
>>> ) = 13
>>> strace: [ Process PID=1608 runs in 32 bit mode. ]
>>> umask(0) = 022
>>> strace: [ Process PID=1608 runs in 64 bit mode. ]
>>> write(1, "After exit\n", 11After exit
>>> ) = 11
>>> exit_group(0) = ?
>>> +++ exited with 0 +++
>>
>>
>> But I changed on signal patch rebase and now I'm
>> thinking: should it be
>>> if (task_thread_info(task)->status & TS_COMPAT ||
>>> !user_64bit_mode(task_pt_regs(task)))
>> or what?
>> Should we count program that does compat syscall
>> as compatible even if it's in 64-bit mode?
>
> I think we should report 64-bit regs if the app is running in 64-bit
> mode. Then (not necessarily as part of your series), we should have a
> way for ptrace users to query the *syscall* arch.
>
> IOW, this is totally screwed up right now. I think the goal of your
> patch should be to stop using TIF_IA32 without breaking it any worse
> than it already is.

Ok, so that's what that patch does.
Big thanks, Andy -- I appreciate your help so much with this patches.


--
Regards,
Safonov Dmitry.