ELF loader support for auxvec base platform string
Some IBM POWER-based platforms have the ability to run in a mode which mostly appears to the OS as a different processor from the actual hardware. For example, a Power6 system may appear to be a Power5+, which makes the AT_PLATFORM value "power5+". This means that programs are restricted to the ISA supported by Power5+; Power6-specific instructions are treated as illegal. However, some applications (virtual machines, optimized libraries) can benefit from knowledge of the underlying CPU model. A new aux vector entry, AT_BASE_PLATFORM, will denote the actual hardware. For example, on a Power6 system in Power5+ compatibility mode, AT_PLATFORM will be "power5+" and AT_BASE_PLATFORM will be "power6". The idea is that AT_PLATFORM indicates the instruction set supported, while AT_BASE_PLATFORM indicates the underlying microarchitecture. If the architecture has defined ELF_BASE_PLATFORM, copy that value to the user stack in the same manner as ELF_PLATFORM. Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com> Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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#define STACK_ALLOC(sp, len) ({ sp -= len ; sp; })
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#endif
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#ifndef ELF_BASE_PLATFORM
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/*
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* AT_BASE_PLATFORM indicates the "real" hardware/microarchitecture.
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* If the arch defines ELF_BASE_PLATFORM (in asm/elf.h), the value
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* will be copied to the user stack in the same manner as AT_PLATFORM.
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*/
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#define ELF_BASE_PLATFORM NULL
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#endif
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static int
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create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
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unsigned long load_addr, unsigned long interp_load_addr)
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elf_addr_t __user *envp;
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elf_addr_t __user *sp;
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elf_addr_t __user *u_platform;
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elf_addr_t __user *u_base_platform;
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const char *k_platform = ELF_PLATFORM;
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const char *k_base_platform = ELF_BASE_PLATFORM;
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int items;
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elf_addr_t *elf_info;
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int ei_index = 0;
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return -EFAULT;
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}
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/*
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* If this architecture has a "base" platform capability
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* string, copy it to userspace.
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*/
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u_base_platform = NULL;
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if (k_base_platform) {
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size_t len = strlen(k_base_platform) + 1;
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u_base_platform = (elf_addr_t __user *)STACK_ALLOC(p, len);
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if (__copy_to_user(u_base_platform, k_base_platform, len))
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return -EFAULT;
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}
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/* Create the ELF interpreter info */
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elf_info = (elf_addr_t *)current->mm->saved_auxv;
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/* update AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE if the number of NEW_AUX_ENT() changes */
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NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PLATFORM,
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(elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_platform);
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}
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if (k_base_platform) {
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NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE_PLATFORM,
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(elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_base_platform);
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}
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if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD) {
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NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EXECFD, bprm->interp_data);
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}
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#define AT_SECURE 23 /* secure mode boolean */
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#define AT_BASE_PLATFORM 24 /* string identifying real platform, may
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* differ from AT_PLATFORM. */
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#define AT_EXECFN 31 /* filename of program */
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#ifdef __KERNEL__
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#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE 17 /* NEW_AUX_ENT entries in auxiliary table */
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#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE 18 /* NEW_AUX_ENT entries in auxiliary table */
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/* number of "#define AT_.*" above, minus {AT_NULL, AT_IGNORE, AT_NOTELF} */
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#endif
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