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Release 4.7 tools/testing/selftests/x86/single_step_syscall.c

/*
 * single_step_syscall.c - single-steps various x86 syscalls
 * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Andrew Lutomirski
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
 * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * This is a very simple series of tests that makes system calls with
 * the TF flag set.  This exercises some nasty kernel code in the
 * SYSENTER case: SYSENTER does not clear TF, so SYSENTER with TF set
 * immediately issues #DB from CPL 0.  This requires special handling in
 * the kernel.
 */


#define _GNU_SOURCE

#include <sys/time.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/signal.h>
#include <sys/ucontext.h>
#include <asm/ldt.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <sys/user.h>


static void sethandler(int sig, void (*handler)(int, siginfo_t *, void *), int flags) { struct sigaction sa; memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa)); sa.sa_sigaction = handler; sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO | flags; sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask); if (sigaction(sig, &sa, 0)) err(1, "sigaction"); }

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static volatile sig_atomic_t sig_traps; #ifdef __x86_64__ # define REG_IP REG_RIP # define WIDTH "q" #else # define REG_IP REG_EIP # define WIDTH "l" #endif
static unsigned long get_eflags(void) { unsigned long eflags; asm volatile ("pushf" WIDTH "\n\tpop" WIDTH " %0" : "=rm" (eflags)); return eflags; }

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static void set_eflags(unsigned long eflags) { asm volatile ("push" WIDTH " %0\n\tpopf" WIDTH : : "rm" (eflags) : "flags"); }

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#define X86_EFLAGS_TF (1UL << 8)
static void sigtrap(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ctx_void) { ucontext_t *ctx = (ucontext_t*)ctx_void; if (get_eflags() & X86_EFLAGS_TF) { set_eflags(get_eflags() & ~X86_EFLAGS_TF); printf("[WARN]\tSIGTRAP handler had TF set\n"); _exit(1); } sig_traps++; if (sig_traps == 10000 || sig_traps == 10001) { printf("[WARN]\tHit %d SIGTRAPs with si_addr 0x%lx, ip 0x%lx\n", (int)sig_traps, (unsigned long)info->si_addr, (unsigned long)ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_IP]); } }

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static void check_result(void) { unsigned long new_eflags = get_eflags(); set_eflags(new_eflags & ~X86_EFLAGS_TF); if (!sig_traps) { printf("[FAIL]\tNo SIGTRAP\n"); exit(1); } if (!(new_eflags & X86_EFLAGS_TF)) { printf("[FAIL]\tTF was cleared\n"); exit(1); } printf("[OK]\tSurvived with TF set and %d traps\n", (int)sig_traps); sig_traps = 0; }

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int main() { int tmp; sethandler(SIGTRAP, sigtrap, 0); printf("[RUN]\tSet TF and check nop\n"); set_eflags(get_eflags() | X86_EFLAGS_TF); asm volatile ("nop"); check_result(); #ifdef __x86_64__ printf("[RUN]\tSet TF and check syscall-less opportunistic sysret\n"); set_eflags(get_eflags() | X86_EFLAGS_TF); extern unsigned char post_nop[]; asm volatile ("pushf" WIDTH "\n\t" "pop" WIDTH " %%r11\n\t" "nop\n\t" "post_nop:" : : "c" (post_nop) : "r11"); check_result(); #endif printf("[RUN]\tSet TF and check int80\n"); set_eflags(get_eflags() | X86_EFLAGS_TF); asm volatile ("int $0x80" : "=a" (tmp) : "a" (SYS_getpid)); check_result(); /* * This test is particularly interesting if fast syscalls use * SYSENTER: it triggers a nasty design flaw in SYSENTER. * Specifically, SYSENTER does not clear TF, so either SYSENTER * or the next instruction traps at CPL0. (Of course, Intel * mostly forgot to document exactly what happens here.) So we * get a CPL0 fault with usergs (on 64-bit kernels) and possibly * no stack. The only sane way the kernel can possibly handle * it is to clear TF on return from the #DB handler, but this * happens way too early to set TF in the saved pt_regs, so the * kernel has to do something clever to avoid losing track of * the TF bit. * * Needless to say, we've had bugs in this area. */ syscall(SYS_getpid); /* Force symbol binding without TF set. */ printf("[RUN]\tSet TF and check a fast syscall\n"); set_eflags(get_eflags() | X86_EFLAGS_TF); syscall(SYS_getpid); check_result(); /* Now make sure that another fast syscall doesn't set TF again. */ printf("[RUN]\tFast syscall with TF cleared\n"); fflush(stdout); /* Force a syscall */ if (get_eflags() & X86_EFLAGS_TF) { printf("[FAIL]\tTF is now set\n"); exit(1); } if (sig_traps) { printf("[FAIL]\tGot SIGTRAP\n"); exit(1); } printf("[OK]\tNothing unexpected happened\n"); return 0; }

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