From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 24959 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2020 17:01:07 -0000 Received: from mother.openwall.net (195.42.179.200) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Aug 2020 17:01:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 22120 invoked by uid 550); 10 Aug 2020 17:01:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-ID: Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com Received: (qmail 22102 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2020 17:01:05 -0000 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:00:53 -0400 From: Rich Felker To: musl@lists.openwall.com Message-ID: <20200810170053.GK3265@brightrain.aerifal.cx> References: <20200809003958.GE3265@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <2142D551-13BE-4033-94F7-80A7B2C01890@oflebbe.de> <20200810163647.GI3265@brightrain.aerifal.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: [musl] Revisiting sigaltstack and implementation-internal signals On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 06:57:21PM +0200, Olaf Flebbe wrote: > Hi Rick , > > While the alternate stack is in use on cannot change the alternate stack. > > See https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ > EPERM Error. No change of the alternate stack is described here. The minimal example of the scenario only has one call to sigaltstack in the whole program. > > Am 10.08.2020 um 18:36 schrieb Rich Felker : > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:15:13AM +0200, Olaf Flebbe wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have some problems to follow the discussion here. > >> > >> It is not about musl to create an alternate stack, it is to *honor* the alternate stack, if the application installed one, for a reason. > >> > >> I am proposing smthg like > >> > >> --- /oss/musl-1.2.1/src/thread/synccall.c > >> +++ /work/musl/src/thread/synccall.c > >> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ > >> { > >> sigset_t oldmask; > >> int cs, i, r; > >> - struct sigaction sa = { .sa_flags = SA_RESTART, .sa_handler = handler }; > >> + struct sigaction sa = { .sa_flags = SA_RESTART|SA_ONSTACK, ...sa_handler = handler }; > >> pthread_t self = __pthread_self(), td; > >> int count = 0; > >> > >> This will fix the problem with dynamic stacks, like go implements it. > >> If the application does not install one, kernel will ignore > >> SA_ONSTACK. (This is even specified by POSIX, since there is no > >> error condition mentioned in man page specifically for this). > > > > It's fundamental, since presence and identity of an alternate stack > > are thread-local properties and SA_ONSTACK is global to the signal > > disposition. > > > > The behavior we're concerned about this alterring is not the case > > where an application does not install an alternate stack; of course > > that's unaffected. The interesting case is where an application does > > install one, but expects (albeit IMO wrongly; that's what we're trying > > to establish) that the stack memory is not touched/clobbered unless > > there's actually an SA_ONSTACK signal handler present to run on it and > > such a signal arrives. With the proposed change, the memory for the > > alternate stack can be clobbered asynchronously with no such signal > > handler existing. (In case it's not clear, the above code is *not a > > signal handler* from the perspective that's relevant; it's an > > implementation detail internal to the implementation.) > > > > One way such clobbering could manifest is when a signal handler > > running on the alternate stack temporarily moves the stack pointer to > > somewhere else (not on the alternate stack), via swapcontext or some > > other method. In this case, if a signal for cancellation or synccall > > arrives, the kernel will consider the alt stack not in use, and will > > start using it again from the beginning, clobbering the still-running > > frames. > > > > Rich >