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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 04/14] arm64: Kill 32-bit applications scheduled on 64-bit-only CPUs
On 11/24/20 15:50, Will Deacon wrote:
> Scheduling a 32-bit application on a 64-bit-only CPU is a bad idea.
>
> Ensure that 32-bit applications always take the slow-path when returning
> to userspace on a system with mismatched support at EL0, so that we can
> avoid trying to run on a 64-bit-only CPU and force a SIGKILL instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> ---

nit: We drop this patch at the end. Can't we avoid it altogether instead?

[...]

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
> index a8184cad8890..bcb6ca2d9a7c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -911,6 +911,19 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
> restore_saved_sigmask();
> }
>
> +static bool cpu_affinity_invalid(struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> + if (!compat_user_mode(regs))
> + return false;

Silly question. Is there an advantage of using compat_user_mode() vs
is_compat_task()? I see the latter used in the file although struct pt_regs
*regs is passed to the functions calling it.

Nothing's wrong with it, just curious.

Thanks

--
Qais Yousef

> +
> + /*
> + * We're preemptible, but a reschedule will cause us to check the
> + * affinity again.
> + */
> + return !cpumask_test_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id(),
> + system_32bit_el0_cpumask());
> +}

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