On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 07:39:08AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 10/4/19 6:45 AM, Changbin Du wrote:
> > +static inline bool is_canonical_addr(u64 addr)
> > +{
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > + int shift = 64 - boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits;
>
> I think you mean to check the virtual bits member, not "phys_bits".
>
> BTW, I also prefer the IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_) checks to explicit #ifdefs.
> Would one of those work in this case?
>
> As for the error message:
>
> > {
> > - WARN_ONCE(trapnr == X86_TRAP_GP, "General protection fault in user
> > access. Non-canonical address?");
> > + WARN_ONCE(trapnr == X86_TRAP_GP, "General protection fault at %s
> > address in user access.",
> > + is_canonical_addr(fault_addr) ? "canonical" :
> > "non-canonical");
>
> I've always read that as "the GP might have been caused by a
> non-canonical access". The main nit I'd have with the change is that I
> don't think all #GP's during user access functions which are given a
> non-canonical address *necessarily* caused the #GP.
>
> There are a billion ways you can get a #GP and I bet canonical
> violations aren't the only way you can get one in a user copy function.
All the other reasons would require a fairly egregious kernel bug, hence
the speculation that the #GP is due to a non-canonical address. Something
like the following would be more precise, though highly unlikely to ever
be exercised, e.g. KVM had a fatal bug related to injecting a non-zero
error code that went unnoticed for years.
WARN_ONCE(trapnr == X86_TRAP_GP, "General protection fault in user
access. %s?\n",
(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64) && !error_code) ? "Non-canonical
address" :
"Segmentation
bug");
