[PATCH] aarch64: GCS: use internal struct in __alloc_gcs
Yury Khrustalev
yury.khrustalev@arm.com
Mon Jun 16 12:23:17 GMT 2025
No functional change here, just a small refactoring to simplify
using __alloc_gcs() for allocating shadow stacks.
---
base commit: 5b7c8d1cd4
Passes tests on AArch64. OK for trunk?
---
sysdeps/aarch64/__alloc_gcs.c | 15 +++++++++++----
sysdeps/aarch64/aarch64-gcs.h | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/makecontext.c | 4 +---
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/__alloc_gcs.c b/sysdeps/aarch64/__alloc_gcs.c
index e70b4594a2..b98e5fcdba 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/__alloc_gcs.c
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/__alloc_gcs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+#include "aarch64-gcs.h"
+
#include <sysdep.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ map_shadow_stack (void *addr, size_t size, unsigned long flags)
#define GCS_ALTSTACK_RESERVE 160
void *
-__alloc_gcs (size_t stack_size, void **ss_base, size_t *ss_size)
+__alloc_gcs (size_t stack_size, struct gcs_record *gcs)
{
size_t size = (stack_size / 2 + GCS_ALTSTACK_RESERVE) & -8UL;
if (size > GCS_MAX_SIZE)
@@ -45,9 +47,6 @@ __alloc_gcs (size_t stack_size, void **ss_base, size_t *ss_size)
if (base == MAP_FAILED)
return NULL;
- *ss_base = base;
- *ss_size = size;
-
uint64_t *gcsp = (uint64_t *) ((char *) base + size);
/* Skip end of GCS token. */
gcsp--;
@@ -58,6 +57,14 @@ __alloc_gcs (size_t stack_size, void **ss_base, size_t *ss_size)
__munmap (base, size);
return NULL;
}
+
+ if (gcs != NULL)
+ {
+ gcs->gcs_base = base;
+ gcs->gcs_token = gcsp;
+ gcs->gcs_size = size;
+ }
+
/* Return the target GCS pointer for context switch. */
return gcsp + 1;
}
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/aarch64-gcs.h b/sysdeps/aarch64/aarch64-gcs.h
index 162ef18726..8e253ed32f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/aarch64-gcs.h
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/aarch64-gcs.h
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
-void *__alloc_gcs (size_t, void **, size_t *) attribute_hidden;
+struct gcs_record
+{
+ void *gcs_base;
+ void *gcs_token;
+ size_t gcs_size;
+};
+
+void *__alloc_gcs (size_t, struct gcs_record *) attribute_hidden;
+
+static inline bool
+has_gcs (void)
+{
+ register unsigned long x16 asm ("x16") = 1;
+ asm ("hint 40" /* chkfeat x16 */ : "+r" (x16));
+ return x16 == 0;
+}
#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/makecontext.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/makecontext.c
index a2eab9efc6..4485723cfb 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/makecontext.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/makecontext.c
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ static struct _aarch64_ctx *extension (void *p)
static void *
alloc_makecontext_gcs (size_t stack_size)
{
- void *base;
- size_t size;
- void *gcsp = __alloc_gcs (stack_size, &base, &size);
+ void *gcsp = __alloc_gcs (stack_size, NULL);
if (gcsp == NULL)
/* ENOSYS, bad size or OOM. */
abort ();
--
2.39.5
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