Commit 291fd835 authored by Chang S. Bae's avatar Chang S. Bae Committed by Thomas Gleixner
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selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test GS selector on ptracer-induced GS base write



The test validates that the selector is not changed when a ptracer writes
the ptracee's GS base.

Originally-by: default avatarAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarChang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: default avatarTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200528201402.1708239-16-sashal@kernel.org
parent 82c0c7d2
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@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void)
	wait(&status);

	if (WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGTRAP) {
		unsigned long gs, base;
		unsigned long gs;
		unsigned long gs_offset = USER_REGS_OFFSET(gs);
		unsigned long base_offset = USER_REGS_OFFSET(gs_base);

@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void)
			err(1, "PTRACE_POKEUSER");

		gs = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, child, gs_offset, NULL);
		base = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, child, base_offset, NULL);

		/*
		 * In a non-FSGSBASE system, the nonzero selector will load
@@ -489,11 +488,21 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void)
		 * selector value is changed or not by the GSBASE write in
		 * a ptracer.
		 */
		if (gs == 0 && base == 0xFF) {
			printf("[OK]\tGS was reset as expected\n");
		} else {
		if (gs != *shared_scratch) {
			nerrs++;
			printf("[FAIL]\tGS=0x%lx, GSBASE=0x%lx (should be 0, 0xFF)\n", gs, base);
			printf("[FAIL]\tGS changed to %lx\n", gs);

			/*
			 * On older kernels, poking a nonzero value into the
			 * base would zero the selector.  On newer kernels,
			 * this behavior has changed -- poking the base
			 * changes only the base and, if FSGSBASE is not
			 * available, this may not effect.
			 */
			if (gs == 0)
				printf("\tNote: this is expected behavior on older kernels.\n");
		} else {
			printf("[OK]\tGS remained 0x%hx\n", *shared_scratch);
		}
	}