arch_user_string_nlen() did not exactly work correctly as any
invalid pointers being passed are de-referenced naively, which
results in DTLB misses (MMU) or access errors (MPU). However,
arch_user_string_nlen() should always return to the caller
with appropriate error code set, and should never result in
thread termination. Since we are usually going through syscalls
when arch_user_string_nlen() is called, for MMU, the DTLB miss
goes through double exception. Since the pointer is invalid,
there is a high chance there is not even a L2 page table
associated with that bad address. So the DTLB miss cannot be
handled and it just keeps looping in double exception until
there is another exception type where we get to the C handler.
However, the stack frame is no longer the frame associated
with the call to arch_user_string_nlen(), and the call return
address would be incorrect. Forcing this incorrect address as
the next PC would result in some other exceptions, e.g.
illegal instruction, which would go to the C handler again.
This time it will go to the end of handler and would result
in thread termination. For MPU systems, access errors would
simply result in thread terminal in the C handler. Because of
these reasons, change the arch_user_string_nlen() to check if
the memory region can be accessed under kernel mode first
before feeding it to strnlen().
Also remove the exception fixup arrays as there is nothing
there anymore.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Leung <daniel.leung@intel.com>
For CPU without THREADPTR, we need an alternative way to figure
out if we are in user context. This extends the user context
check to do that via a brief syscall.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Leung <daniel.leung@intel.com>
Userspace support for Xtensa architecture using Xtensa MMU.
Some considerations:
- Syscalls are not inline functions like in other architectures because
some compiler issues when using multiple registers to pass parameters
to the syscall. So here we have a function call so we can use
registers as we need.
- TLS is not supported by xcc in xtensa and reading PS register is
a privileged instruction. So, we have to use threadptr to know if a
thread is an user mode thread.
Signed-off-by: Flavio Ceolin <flavio.ceolin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Leung <daniel.leung@intel.com>
