summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/arch
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMatt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>2026-10-18 10:22:01 -0400
committerMagnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>2026-10-18 20:09:29 +0200
commitbceba446fa2bc66a905ec0bbf6fd80e98701c1d1 (patch)
treeb73673c83ff0e55ab715ac0a74b04ea5ea8ddb95 /arch
parentb9fad53a62776359d3bb607bd0ba66e37d198260 (diff)
alpha: fix stale user_stack_pointer()
PALcode keeps the user stack pointer in the PCB, not the trap frame, so pt_regs->usp is only valid where entry code stores it: entSys, do_entArith() and do_entIF(). Interrupts, page faults and unaligned traps leave it stale, and ptrace and /proc/<pid>/syscall read it through user_stack_pointer(). A user-mode pt_regs is at the top of its task's stack, so find the thread_info from it and use rdusp() for current or pcb.usp otherwise, as KSTK_ESP() and the regset code already do. Fixes: 8a2857bc2b30 ("alpha: enable regset-based ptrace and core dumps") Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5 Reviewed-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com> Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261018-alpha-perf-regs-v3-v3-1-52be85332c57@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h7
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c12
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 430e8dc27ff7..45d1229344b6 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -26,12 +26,7 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
return regs->r0;
}
-/* Helpers for working with the user stack pointer */
-static inline unsigned long user_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- /* Valid for user-mode regs */
- return regs->usp;
-}
+unsigned long user_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs);
static __always_inline bool regs_irqs_disabled(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
index e1d8c2f69688..dba7e9905cfa 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -440,6 +440,18 @@ ptrace_cancel_bpt(struct task_struct * child)
return (nsaved != 0);
}
+/*
+ * PALcode keeps the user stack pointer in the PCB, not the trap frame.
+ * A user-mode pt_regs sits at the top of its task's stack, so the
+ * thread_info is at the base.
+ */
+unsigned long user_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ struct thread_info *ti = (void *)((unsigned long)regs & -THREAD_SIZE);
+
+ return ti == current_thread_info() ? rdusp() : ti->pcb.usp;
+}
+
void user_enable_single_step(struct task_struct *child)
{
/* Mark single stepping. */