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SubjectRe: [PATCH] powerpc: mark local variables around longjmp as volatile
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Le 29/04/2021 à 10:06, Arnd Bergmann a écrit :
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> gcc-11 points out that modifying local variables next to a
> longjmp/setjmp may cause undefined behavior:
>
> arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c: In function 'crash_kexec_prepare_cpus.constprop':
> arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c:108:22: error: variable 'ncpus' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbere
> d]
> arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c:109:13: error: variable 'tries' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbere
> d]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: In function 'xmon_print_symbol':
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:3625:21: error: variable 'name' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: In function 'stop_spus':
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:4057:13: error: variable 'i' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: In function 'restart_spus':
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:4098:13: error: variable 'i' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: In function 'dump_opal_msglog':
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:3008:16: error: variable 'pos' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: In function 'show_pte':
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:3207:29: error: variable 'tsk' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: In function 'show_tasks':
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:3302:29: error: variable 'tsk' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: In function 'xmon_core':
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:494:13: error: variable 'cmd' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:860:21: error: variable 'bp' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:860:21: error: variable 'bp' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c:492:48: error: argument 'fromipi' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork' [-Werror=clobbered]
>
> According to the documentation, marking these as 'volatile' is
> sufficient to avoid the problem, and it shuts up the warning.


I think this change deserves some comment in the code, and maybe also an update of
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/volatile-considered-harmful.html

Otherwise, there's a risk that one day or another, someone removes those 'volatile' markings.

Christophe


>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c | 4 ++--
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
> index 0196d0c211ac..10f997e6bb95 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/crash.c
> @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ void crash_ipi_callback(struct pt_regs *regs)
> static void crash_kexec_prepare_cpus(int cpu)
> {
> unsigned int msecs;
> - unsigned int ncpus = num_online_cpus() - 1;/* Excluding the panic cpu */
> - int tries = 0;
> + volatile unsigned int ncpus = num_online_cpus() - 1;/* Excluding the panic cpu */
> + volatile int tries = 0;
> int (*old_handler)(struct pt_regs *regs);
>
> printk(KERN_EMERG "Sending IPI to other CPUs\n");
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
> index c8173e92f19d..ce0eacf77645 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
> @@ -489,10 +489,10 @@ static void xmon_touch_watchdogs(void)
> touch_nmi_watchdog();
> }
>
> -static int xmon_core(struct pt_regs *regs, int fromipi)
> +static int xmon_core(struct pt_regs *regs, volatile int fromipi)
> {
> - int cmd = 0;
> - struct bpt *bp;
> + volatile int cmd = 0;
> + struct bpt *volatile bp;
> long recurse_jmp[JMP_BUF_LEN];
> bool locked_down;
> unsigned long offset;
> @@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static inline void force_enable_xmon(void)
> static struct bpt *at_breakpoint(unsigned long pc)
> {
> int i;
> - struct bpt *bp;
> + struct bpt *volatile bp;
>
> bp = bpts;
> for (i = 0; i < NBPTS; ++i, ++bp)
> @@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ static void dump_opal_msglog(void)
> {
> unsigned char buf[128];
> ssize_t res;
> - loff_t pos = 0;
> + volatile loff_t pos = 0;
>
> if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_OPAL)) {
> printf("Machine is not running OPAL firmware.\n");
> @@ -3160,7 +3160,7 @@ memzcan(void)
> printf("%.8lx\n", a - mskip);
> }
>
> -static void show_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
> +static void show_task(struct task_struct *volatile tsk)
> {
> char state;
>
> @@ -3204,7 +3204,7 @@ static void format_pte(void *ptep, unsigned long pte)
> static void show_pte(unsigned long addr)
> {
> unsigned long tskv = 0;
> - struct task_struct *tsk = NULL;
> + struct task_struct *volatile tsk = NULL;
> struct mm_struct *mm;
> pgd_t *pgdp;
> p4d_t *p4dp;
> @@ -3299,7 +3299,7 @@ static void show_pte(unsigned long addr)
> static void show_tasks(void)
> {
> unsigned long tskv;
> - struct task_struct *tsk = NULL;
> + struct task_struct *volatile tsk = NULL;
>
> printf(" task_struct ->thread.ksp ->thread.regs PID PPID S P CMD\n");
>
> @@ -3622,7 +3622,7 @@ static void xmon_print_symbol(unsigned long address, const char *mid,
> const char *after)
> {
> char *modname;
> - const char *name = NULL;
> + const char *volatile name = NULL;
> unsigned long offset, size;
>
> printf(REG, address);
> @@ -4054,7 +4054,7 @@ void xmon_register_spus(struct list_head *list)
> static void stop_spus(void)
> {
> struct spu *spu;
> - int i;
> + volatile int i;
> u64 tmp;
>
> for (i = 0; i < XMON_NUM_SPUS; i++) {
> @@ -4095,7 +4095,7 @@ static void stop_spus(void)
> static void restart_spus(void)
> {
> struct spu *spu;
> - int i;
> + volatile int i;
>
> for (i = 0; i < XMON_NUM_SPUS; i++) {
> if (!spu_info[i].spu)
>

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