[PATCH v5] i386: Update ___tls_get_addr to preserve vector registers

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Wed Jun 18 02:06:57 GMT 2025


Compiler generates the following instruction sequence for dynamic TLS
access:

leal tls_var@tlsgd(,%ebx,1), %eax
call ___tls_get_addr@PLT

CALL instruction is transparent to compiler which assumes all registers,
except for EFLAGS, AX, CX, and DX, are unchanged after CALL.  But
___tls_get_addr is a normal function which doesn't preserve any vector
registers.

1. Rename the generic __tls_get_addr function to ___tls_get_addr_internal.
2. Change ___tls_get_addr to a wrapper function with implementations for
FNSAVE, FXSAVE, XSAVE and XSAVEC to save and restore all vector registers.
3. dl-tlsdesc-dynamic.h has:

_dl_tlsdesc_dynamic:
/* Like all TLS resolvers, preserve call-clobbered registers.
   We need two scratch regs anyway.  */
subl $32, %esp
cfi_adjust_cfa_offset (32)

It is wrong to use

movl %ebx, -28(%esp)
movl %esp, %ebx
cfi_def_cfa_register(%ebx)
...
mov %ebx, %esp
cfi_def_cfa_register(%esp)
movl -28(%esp), %ebx

to preserve EBX on stack.  Fix it with:

movl %ebx, 28(%esp)
movl %esp, %ebx
cfi_def_cfa_register(%ebx)
...
mov %ebx, %esp
cfi_def_cfa_register(%esp)
movl 28(%esp), %ebx

4. Update _dl_tlsdesc_dynamic to call ___tls_get_addr_internal directly.
5. Add have-test-mtls-traditional to compile tst-tls23-mod.c with
traditional TLS variant to verify the fix.
6. Define DL_RUNTIME_RESOLVE_REALIGN_STACK in sysdeps/x86/sysdep.h.

This fixes BZ #32996.

Co-Authored-By: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>


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H.J.
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