[PATCH] nplt: Fix MADV_GUARD_INSTALL logic for thread without guard page (BZ 33356)
Adhemerval Zanella
adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Tue Sep 2 16:19:34 GMT 2025
The main issue is that setup_stack_prot fails to account for cases where
the cached thread stack lacks a guard page, which can cause madvise to
fail. Update the logic to also handle whether MADV_GUARD_INSTALL is
supported when resizing the guard page.
Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu with 6.8.0 and 6.15 kernels.
---
nptl/allocatestack.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
nptl/tst-guard1.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/nptl/allocatestack.c b/nptl/allocatestack.c
index 4c2aacdd10..61838eed8a 100644
--- a/nptl/allocatestack.c
+++ b/nptl/allocatestack.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ setup_stack_prot (char *mem, size_t size, struct pthread *pd,
/* Update the guard area of the thread stack MEM of size SIZE with the new
GUARDISZE. It uses the method defined by PD stack_mode. */
static inline bool
-adjust_stack_prot (char *mem, size_t size, const struct pthread *pd,
+adjust_stack_prot (char *mem, size_t size, struct pthread *pd,
size_t guardsize, size_t pagesize_m1)
{
/* The required guard area is larger than the current one. For
@@ -252,11 +252,23 @@ adjust_stack_prot (char *mem, size_t size, const struct pthread *pd,
so use the new guard placement with the new size. */
if (guardsize > pd->guardsize)
{
+ /* There was no need to previously setup a guard parge, so we need
+ check whether the kernel supports guard advise. */
char *guard = guard_position (mem, size, guardsize, pd, pagesize_m1);
- if (pd->stack_mode == ALLOCATE_GUARD_MADV_GUARD)
- return __madvise (guard, guardsize, MADV_GUARD_INSTALL) == 0;
- else if (pd->stack_mode == ALLOCATE_GUARD_PROT_NONE)
- return __mprotect (guard, guardsize, PROT_NONE) == 0;
+ if (atomic_load_relaxed (&allocate_stack_mode)
+ == ALLOCATE_GUARD_MADV_GUARD)
+ {
+ if (__madvise (guard, guardsize, MADV_GUARD_INSTALL) == 0)
+ {
+ pd->stack_mode = ALLOCATE_GUARD_MADV_GUARD;
+ return true;
+ }
+ atomic_store_relaxed (&allocate_stack_mode,
+ ALLOCATE_GUARD_PROT_NONE);
+ }
+
+ pd->stack_mode = ALLOCATE_GUARD_PROT_NONE;
+ return __mprotect (guard, guardsize, PROT_NONE) == 0;
}
/* The current guard area is larger than the required one. For
_STACK_GROWS_DOWN is means change the guard as:
diff --git a/nptl/tst-guard1.c b/nptl/tst-guard1.c
index e3e06df0fc..2c597a6a34 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-guard1.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-guard1.c
@@ -250,18 +250,9 @@ do_test2 (void)
xmunmap (stack, stacksize);
}
-/* Test 3: pthread_create with default values. */
+/* Test 3: pthread_create without a guard area. */
static void
do_test3 (void)
-{
- pthread_t t = xpthread_create (NULL, tf, NULL);
- void *status = xpthread_join (t);
- TEST_VERIFY (status == 0);
-}
-
-/* Test 4: pthread_create without a guard area. */
-static void
-do_test4 (void)
{
pthread_attr_t attr;
xpthread_attr_init (&attr);
@@ -277,6 +268,15 @@ do_test4 (void)
xpthread_attr_destroy (&attr);
}
+/* Test 4: pthread_create with default values. */
+static void
+do_test4 (void)
+{
+ pthread_t t = xpthread_create (NULL, tf, NULL);
+ void *status = xpthread_join (t);
+ TEST_VERIFY (status == 0);
+}
+
/* Test 5: pthread_create with non default stack and guard size value. */
static void
do_test5 (void)
@@ -350,8 +350,15 @@ do_test (void)
} tests[] = {
{ "user provided stack without guard", do_test1 },
{ "user provided stack with guard", do_test2 },
- { "default attribute", do_test3 },
- { "default attribute without guard", do_test4 },
+ /* N.B: do_test3 should be before do_test4 to check if a new thread
+ that uses the thread stack previously allocated without a guard
+ page correctly setup the guard pages even on kernel without
+ MADV_GUARD_INSTALL support (BZ 33356). */
+ { "default attribute without guard", do_test3 },
+ { "default attribute", do_test4 },
+ /* Also checks if the guard is correctly removed from the cache thread
+ stack. */
+ { "default attribute without guard", do_test3 },
{ "non default stack and guard sizes", do_test5 },
{ "reused stack with larger guard", do_test6 },
{ "reused stack with smaller guard", do_test7 },
--
2.43.0
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