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ELF loader support for auxvec base platform string

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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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Nathan Lynch 2008-07-22 04:48:46 +10:00 committed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt
parent e9f76354ce
commit 483fad1c3f
2 changed files with 33 additions and 1 deletions
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fs/binfmt_elf.c
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@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ static int padzero(unsigned long elf_bss)
#define STACK_ALLOC(sp, len) ({ sp -= len ; sp; })
#endif
#ifndef ELF_BASE_PLATFORM
/*
* AT_BASE_PLATFORM indicates the "real" hardware/microarchitecture.
* If the arch defines ELF_BASE_PLATFORM (in asm/elf.h), the value
* will be copied to the user stack in the same manner as AT_PLATFORM.
*/
#define ELF_BASE_PLATFORM NULL
#endif
static int
create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
unsigned long load_addr, unsigned long interp_load_addr)
@ -142,7 +151,9 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
elf_addr_t __user *envp;
elf_addr_t __user *sp;
elf_addr_t __user *u_platform;
elf_addr_t __user *u_base_platform;
const char *k_platform = ELF_PLATFORM;
const char *k_base_platform = ELF_BASE_PLATFORM;
int items;
elf_addr_t *elf_info;
int ei_index = 0;
@ -172,6 +183,19 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
return -EFAULT;
}
/*
* If this architecture has a "base" platform capability
* string, copy it to userspace.
*/
u_base_platform = NULL;
if (k_base_platform) {
size_t len = strlen(k_base_platform) + 1;
u_base_platform = (elf_addr_t __user *)STACK_ALLOC(p, len);
if (__copy_to_user(u_base_platform, k_base_platform, len))
return -EFAULT;
}
/* Create the ELF interpreter info */
elf_info = (elf_addr_t *)current->mm->saved_auxv;
/* update AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE if the number of NEW_AUX_ENT() changes */
@ -209,6 +233,10 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PLATFORM,
(elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_platform);
}
if (k_base_platform) {
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE_PLATFORM,
(elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_base_platform);
}
if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD) {
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EXECFD, bprm->interp_data);
}

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include/linux/auxvec.h
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@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
#define AT_SECURE 23 /* secure mode boolean */
#define AT_BASE_PLATFORM 24 /* string identifying real platform, may
* differ from AT_PLATFORM. */
#define AT_EXECFN 31 /* filename of program */
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE 17 /* NEW_AUX_ENT entries in auxiliary table */
#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE 18 /* NEW_AUX_ENT entries in auxiliary table */
/* number of "#define AT_.*" above, minus {AT_NULL, AT_IGNORE, AT_NOTELF} */
#endif