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Commit 24321ac6 authored by Raoni Fassina Firmino's avatar Raoni Fassina Firmino Committed by Michael Ellerman
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powerpc/64/signal: Fix regression in __kernel_sigtramp_rt64() semantics

Commit 0138ba57 ("powerpc/64/signal: Balance return predictor
stack in signal trampoline") changed __kernel_sigtramp_rt64() VDSO and
trampoline code, and introduced a regression in the way glibc's
backtrace()[1] detects the signal-handler stack frame. Apart from the
practical implications, __kernel_sigtramp_rt64() was a VDSO function
with the semantics that it is a function you can call from userspace
to end a signal handling. Now this semantics are no longer valid.

I believe the aforementioned change affects all releases since 5.9.

This patch tries to fix both the semantics and practical aspect of
__kernel_sigtramp_rt64() returning it to the previous code, whilst
keeping the intended behaviour of 0138ba57 by adding a new symbol
to serve as the jump target from the kernel to the trampoline. Now the
trampoline has two parts, a new entry point and the old return point.

[1] https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2021-January/223194.html

Fixes: 0138ba57

 ("powerpc/64/signal: Balance return predictor stack in signal trampoline")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.9+
Signed-off-by: default avatarRaoni Fassina Firmino <raoni@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: default avatarNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
[mpe: Minor tweaks to change log formatting, add stable tag]
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210201200505.iz46ubcizipnkcxe@work-tp
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