Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it

From	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it
Date	2015-12-21 23:20 +0100
Message-ID	<qIgYa-3Ru-15@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	<qG5DP-1iE-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <qH2NB-5M6-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <qIdGW-1Gc-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

On Monday 21 December 2015, Dr. Philipp Tomsich wrote:
> 
> > On 18 Dec 2015, at 13:47, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > 
> >> 3. Follow the PCS up to glibc but always pass syscall arguments in W
> >>   registers, like AArch32 compat support (the least preferred option,
> >>   the only advantage is a single wrapper for all syscalls but it would
> >>   be doing unnecessary zeroing even for syscalls where it isn't needed)
> > 
> > This would mean we cannot pass 64-bit arguments in registers, right?
> 
> Note that there’s no 32bit registers (the ‘w’-form always refers to the lower
> 32bits of a 64bit register, with implicit zero-extension)… and load/store
> instructions always use the full base-register (‘x’-form) for address calculation.
> I.e. a load/store would inadvertently pickup “random garbage” in the upper 
> 32bits, if no explicit zero-extension is applied.
> 
> In other words: all zero-extensions for 32bit arguments should be explicit
> on the kernel side.

I think that is what Catalin meant with the single wrapper in the description:
the kernel always zeroes out the upper 32 bits in the initial trap, and then
we only need to do sign-extensions for the few cases that need it, and pass 64-bit
arguments in two lower halves. In contrast, approach 1 adds a separate wrapper
for each syscall that takes care of both sign-extending where necessary and
zero-extending all othe 32-bit arguments but not the 64-bit arguments.

	Arnd
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Thread

[RFC3 PATCH v6 00/20] ILP32 for ARM64 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
  [PATCH v6 10/20] arm64:ilp32 use the native LP64 'start_thread' for ILP32 threads Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 10/20] arm64:ilp32 use the native LP64 'start_thread' for ILP32 threads Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-16 17:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 10/20] arm64:ilp32 use the native LP64 'start_thread'  for ILP32 threads Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-18 15:00 +0100
  [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-16 17:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate  table (in entry.S) to use it Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-17 19:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-17 21:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate  table (in entry.S) to use it Andrew Pinski <pinskia@gmail.com> - 2015-12-17 21:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-17 22:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate  table (in entry.S) to use it Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-18 12:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-18 14:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate  table (in entry.S) to use it Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-21 19:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-21 23:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it "Dr. Philipp Tomsich" <philipp.tomsich@theobroma-systems.com> - 2015-12-21 19:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-21 23:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-21 23:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate  table (in entry.S) to use it Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-23 19:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] arm64:ilp32: add sys_ilp32.c and a separate table (in entry.S) to use it Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-23 22:50 +0100
  [PATCH v6 02/20] arm64: ensure the kernel is compiled for LP64 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
  [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to ilp32 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to ilp32 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> - 2015-12-17 15:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to  ilp32 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-18 15:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to  ilp32 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-22 13:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to ilp32 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-22 22:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to  ilp32 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-23 14:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to ilp32 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-23 21:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to  ilp32 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-30 18:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to ilp32 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-30 23:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 13/20] arm64: ilp32: share aarch32 syscall wrappers to  ilp32 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-23 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH v6 08/20] arm64: ilp32: add is_ilp32_compat_{task,thread} and TIF_32BIT_AARCH64 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 08/20] arm64: ilp32: add is_ilp32_compat_{task,  thread} and TIF_32BIT_AARCH64 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-17 12:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 08/20] arm64: ilp32: add is_ilp32_compat_{task,  thread} and TIF_32BIT_AARCH64 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-18 15:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 08/20] arm64: ilp32: add is_ilp32_compat_{task,  thread} and TIF_32BIT_AARCH64 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-18 15:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v6 08/20] arm64: ilp32: add is_ilp32_compat_{task,  thread} and TIF_32BIT_AARCH64 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-21 18:50 +0100
  [PATCH v6 04/20] arm64: change some CONFIG_COMPAT over to use CONFIG_AARCH32_EL0 instead Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 04/20] arm64: change some CONFIG_COMPAT over to use  CONFIG_AARCH32_EL0 instead Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-23 15:20 +0100
    > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile Bamvor Jian Zhang <bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org> - 2015-12-28 09:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 04/20] arm64: change some CONFIG_COMPAT over to use  CONFIG_AARCH32_EL0 instead "Zhangjian (Bamvor)" <bamvor.zhangjian@huawei.com> - 2015-12-28 10:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 04/20] arm64: change some CONFIG_COMPAT over to use  CONFIG_AARCH32_EL0 instead Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-29 13:40 +0100
          [PATCH] arm64: compat: fix wrong dependency Bamvor Jian Zhang <bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org> - 2015-12-29 16:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 04/20] arm64: change some CONFIG_COMPAT over to use  CONFIG_AARCH32_EL0 instead Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-29 14:20 +0100
  [PATCH v6 01/20] arm64: ilp32: add documentation on the ILP32 ABI for ARM64 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
  [PATCH v6 09/20] arm64:ilp32: share HWCAP between LP64 and ILP32 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 09/20] arm64:ilp32: share HWCAP between LP64 and ILP32 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-16 17:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 09/20] arm64:ilp32: share HWCAP between LP64 and ILP32 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-16 18:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 09/20] arm64:ilp32: share HWCAP between LP64 and ILP32 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-16 18:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v6 09/20] arm64:ilp32: share HWCAP between LP64 and ILP32 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-16 20:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v6 09/20] arm64:ilp32: share HWCAP between LP64 and ILP32 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-17 12:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v6 09/20] arm64:ilp32: share HWCAP between LP64 and ILP32 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-17 15:00 +0100
  [PATCH v6 07/20] arm64: introduce is_a32_task and is_a32_thread (for AArch32 compat) Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 07/20] arm64: introduce is_a32_task and is_a32_thread  (for AArch32 compat) Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-17 12:40 +0100
  [PATCH v6 05/20] arm64:uapi: set __BITS_PER_LONG correctly for ILP32 and LP64 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
  [PATCH v6 11/20] arm64:ilp32: support core dump generation for ILP32 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 11/20] arm64:ilp32: support core dump generation for  ILP32 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-17 15:10 +0100
  [PATCH v6 15/20] arm64: signal: move ilp32 and lp64 common code to separated file Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 15/20] arm64: signal: move ilp32 and lp64 common code to separated file Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-16 17:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v6 15/20] arm64: signal: move ilp32 and lp64 common code  to separated file Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-18 14:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v6 15/20] arm64: signal: move ilp32 and lp64 common code to separated file Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-18 15:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 15/20] arm64: signal: move ilp32 and lp64 common code  to separated file Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-22 18:20 +0100
  [PATCH v6 17/20] arm64: ilp32: introduce ilp32-specific handlers for sigframe Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 23:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 17/20] arm64: ilp32: introduce ilp32-specific handlers  for sigframe Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-22 18:20 +0100
  [PATCH v6 18/20] arm64:ilp32: add vdso-ilp32 and use for signal return Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 23:00 +0100
  [PATCH v6 19/20] arm64:ilp32: change COMPAT_ELF_PLATFORM to report a a subplatform for ILP32 Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 23:00 +0100
  [PATCH v6 20/20] arm64:ilp32: add ARM64_ILP32 to Kconfig Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 23:00 +0100
  [PATCH v6 16/20] arm64: signal32: move ilp32 and aarch32 common code to separated file Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> - 2015-12-15 23:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v6 16/20] arm64: signal32: move ilp32 and aarch32 common  code to separated file Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-12-22 15:30 +0100
  Re: [RFC3 PATCH v6 00/20] ILP32 for ARM64 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-12-16 17:30 +0100

csiph-web