Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:24:44 -0500 (EST) | From | Mathieu Desnoyers <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_RSEQ_CONFIGURATION request |
| |
----- On Mar 11, 2021, at 11:51 AM, Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 09:51:56AM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: >> >> >> ----- On Feb 26, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Piotr Figiel figiel@google.com wrote: >> >> > For userspace checkpoint and restore (C/R) a way of getting process state >> > containing RSEQ configuration is needed. >> > >> > There are two ways this information is going to be used: >> > - to re-enable RSEQ for threads which had it enabled before C/R >> > - to detect if a thread was in a critical section during C/R >> > >> > Since C/R preserves TLS memory and addresses RSEQ ABI will be restored >> > using the address registered before C/R. >> > >> > Detection whether the thread is in a critical section during C/R is needed >> > to enforce behavior of RSEQ abort during C/R. Attaching with ptrace() >> > before registers are dumped itself doesn't cause RSEQ abort. >> > Restoring the instruction pointer within the critical section is >> > problematic because rseq_cs may get cleared before the control is passed >> > to the migrated application code leading to RSEQ invariants not being >> > preserved. C/R code will use RSEQ ABI address to find the abort handler >> > to which the instruction pointer needs to be set. >> > >> > To achieve above goals expose the RSEQ ABI address and the signature value >> > with the new ptrace request PTRACE_GET_RSEQ_CONFIGURATION. >> > >> > This new ptrace request can also be used by debuggers so they are aware >> > of stops within restartable sequences in progress. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Piotr Figiel <figiel@google.com> >> > Reviewed-by: Michal Miroslaw <emmir@google.com> >> >> Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> > > How do we route this? Do I stick this in tip/sched/core as being an rseq > patch?
Sure, it's fine with me, thanks!
Mathieu
-- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com
| |