From add0b32ef9146a8559a60aed54c37692a5f9d34f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:06:01 -0500 Subject: siginfo: Move si_trapno inside the union inside _si_fault It turns out that linux uses si_trapno very sparingly, and as such it can be considered extra information for a very narrow selection of signals, rather than information that is present with every fault reported in siginfo. As such move si_trapno inside the union inside of _si_fault. This results in no change in placement, and makes it eaiser to extend _si_fault in the future as this reduces the number of special cases. In particular with si_trapno included in the union it is no longer a concern that the union must be pointer aligned on most architectures because the union follows immediately after si_addr which is a pointer. This change results in a difference in siginfo field placement on sparc and alpha for the fields si_addr_lsb, si_lower, si_upper, si_pkey, and si_perf. These architectures do not implement the signals that would use si_addr_lsb, si_lower, si_upper, si_pkey, and si_perf. Further these architecture have not yet implemented the userspace that would use si_perf. The point of this change is in fact to correct these placement issues before sparc or alpha grow userspace that cares. This change was discussed[1] and the agreement is that this change is currently safe. [1]: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAK8P3a0+uKYwL1NhY6Hvtieghba2hKYGD6hcKx5n8=4Gtt+pHA@mail.gmail.com Acked-by: Marco Elver v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/m1tunns7yf.fsf_-_@fess.ebiederm.org v2: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210505141101.11519-5-ebiederm@xmission.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210517195748.8880-1-ebiederm@xmission.com Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" --- kernel/signal.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'kernel/signal.c') diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index c3017aa8024a..65888aec65a0 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -4607,6 +4607,7 @@ static inline void siginfo_buildtime_checks(void) /* sigfault */ CHECK_OFFSET(si_addr); + CHECK_OFFSET(si_trapno); CHECK_OFFSET(si_addr_lsb); CHECK_OFFSET(si_lower); CHECK_OFFSET(si_upper); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b