[PATCH v2 1/7] powerpc: properly negate error in syscall_set_return_value()

[Madhavan Srinivasan]

On 1/20/25 10:42 PM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 02:51:38PM +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> Le 14/01/2025 à 18:04, Dmitry V. Levin a écrit :
>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 06:34:44PM +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>>> Le 13/01/2025 à 18:10, Dmitry V. Levin a écrit :
>>>>> Bring syscall_set_return_value() in sync with syscall_get_error(),
>>>>> and let upcoming ptrace/set_syscall_info selftest pass on powerpc.
>>>>>

Sorry for getting to this thread late.

Tried the series without this patch in 

1) power9 PowerNV system and in power10 pSeries lpar 

# ./set_syscall_info
TAP version 13
1..1
# Starting 1 tests from 1 test cases.
#  RUN           global.set_syscall_info ...
#            OK  global.set_syscall_info
ok 1 global.set_syscall_info
# PASSED: 1 / 1 tests passed.
# Totals: pass:1 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0

and in both case set_syscall_info passes.
Will look at it further.

Maddy

>>>>> This reverts commit 1b1a3702a65c ("powerpc: Don't negate error in
>>>>> syscall_set_return_value()").
>>>>
>>>> There is a clear detailed explanation in that commit of why it needs to
>>>> be done.
>>>>
>>>> If you think that commit is wrong you have to explain why with at least
>>>> the same level of details.
>>>
>>> OK, please have a look whether this explanation is clear and detailed enough:
>>>
>>> =======
>>> powerpc: properly negate error in syscall_set_return_value()
>>>
>>> When syscall_set_return_value() is used to set an error code, the caller
>>> specifies it as a negative value in -ERRORCODE form.
>>>
>>> In !trap_is_scv case the error code is traditionally stored as follows:
>>> gpr[3] contains a positive ERRORCODE, and ccr has 0x10000000 flag set.
>>> Here are a few examples to illustrate this convention.  The first one
>>> is from syscall_get_error():
>>>          /*
>>>           * If the system call failed,
>>>           * regs->gpr[3] contains a positive ERRORCODE.
>>>           */
>>>          return (regs->ccr & 0x10000000UL) ? -regs->gpr[3] : 0;
>>>
>>> The second example is from regs_return_value():
>>>          if (is_syscall_success(regs))
>>>                  return regs->gpr[3];
>>>          else
>>>                  return -regs->gpr[3];
>>>
>>> The third example is from check_syscall_restart():
>>>          regs->result = -EINTR;
>>>          regs->gpr[3] = EINTR;
>>>          regs->ccr |= 0x10000000;
>>>
>>> Compared with these examples, the failure of syscall_set_return_value()
>>> to assign a positive ERRORCODE into regs->gpr[3] is clearly visible:
>>> 	/*
>>> 	 * In the general case it's not obvious that we must deal with
>>> 	 * CCR here, as the syscall exit path will also do that for us.
>>> 	 * However there are some places, eg. the signal code, which
>>> 	 * check ccr to decide if the value in r3 is actually an error.
>>> 	 */
>>> 	if (error) {
>>> 		regs->ccr |= 0x10000000L;
>>> 		regs->gpr[3] = error;
>>> 	} else {
>>> 		regs->ccr &= ~0x10000000L;
>>> 		regs->gpr[3] = val;
>>> 	}
>>>
>>> This fix brings syscall_set_return_value() in sync with syscall_get_error()
>>> and lets upcoming ptrace/set_syscall_info selftest pass on powerpc.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 1b1a3702a65c ("powerpc: Don't negate error in syscall_set_return_value()").
>>> =======
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I think there is still something going wrong.
>>
>> do_seccomp() sets regs->gpr[3] = -ENOSYS; by default.
>>
>> Then it calls __secure_computing() which returns what __seccomp_filter() 
>> returns.
>>
>> In case of error, __seccomp_filter() calls syscall_set_return_value() 
>> with a negative value then returns -1
>>
>> do_seccomp() is called by do_syscall_trace_enter() which returns -1 when 
>> do_seccomp() doesn't return 0.
>>
>> do_syscall_trace_enter() is called by system_call_exception() and 
>> returns -1, so syscall_exception() returns regs->gpr[3]
>>
>> In entry_32.S, transfer_to_syscall, syscall_exit_prepare() is then 
>> called with the return of syscall_exception() as first parameter, which 
>> leads to:
>>
>> 	if (unlikely(r3 >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO) && is_not_scv) {
>> 		if (likely(!(ti_flags & (_TIF_NOERROR | _TIF_RESTOREALL)))) {
>> 			r3 = -r3;
>> 			regs->ccr |= 0x10000000; /* Set SO bit in CR */
>> 		}
>> 	}
> 
> Note the "unlikely" keyword here reminding us once more that in !scv case
> regs->gpr[3] does not normally have -ERRORCODE form.
> 
>> By chance, because you have already changed the sign of gpr[3], the 
>> above test fails and nothing is done to r3, and because you have also 
>> already set regs->ccr it works.
>>
>> But all this looks inconsistent with the fact that do_seccomp sets 
>> -ENOSYS as default value
>>
>> Also, when do_seccomp() returns 0, do_syscall_trace_enter() check the 
>> syscall number and when it is wrong it goes to skip: which sets 
>> regs->gpr[3] = -ENOSYS;
> 
> It looks like do_seccomp() and do_syscall_trace_enter() get away by sheer
> luck, implicitly relying on syscall_exit_prepare() transparently fixing
> regs->gpr[3] for them.
> 
>> So really I think it is not in line with your changes to set positive 
>> value in gpr[3].
>>
>> Maybe your change is still correct but it needs to be handled completely 
>> in that case.
> 
> By the way, is there any reasons why do_seccomp() and
> do_syscall_trace_enter() don't use syscall_set_return_value() yet?
> 
>