signal: Verify the alignment and size of siginfo_t

Update the static assertions about siginfo_t to also describe
it's alignment and size.

While investigating if it was possible to add a 64bit field into
siginfo_t[1] it became apparent that the alignment of siginfo_t
is as much a part of the ABI as the size of the structure.

If the alignment changes siginfo_t when embedded in another structure
can move to a different offset.  Which is not acceptable from an ABI
structure.

So document that fact and add static assertions to notify developers
if they change change the alignment by accident.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YJEZdhe6JGFNYlum@elver.google.com
Acked-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210505141101.11519-4-ebiederm@xmission.co
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/875yxaxmyl.fsf_-_@disp2133
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 7ef453e..f3800c0 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -737,6 +737,8 @@ static_assert(NSIGBUS       == 5);
 static_assert(NSIGTRAP == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGCHLD == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGSYS  == 2);
+static_assert(sizeof(siginfo_t) == 128);
+static_assert(__alignof__(siginfo_t) == 4);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_signo)    == 0x00);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_errno)    == 0x04);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_code)     == 0x08);

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
index 4413b6a..d3721e0 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1011,6 +1011,8 @@ static_assert(NSIGBUS     == 5);
 static_assert(NSIGTRAP == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGCHLD == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGSYS  == 2);
+static_assert(sizeof(siginfo_t) == 128);
+static_assert(__alignof__(siginfo_t) == 8);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_signo)    == 0x00);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_errno)    == 0x04);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_code)     == 0x08);

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
index ab17752..d3be01c 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ static_assert(NSIGBUS       == 5);
 static_assert(NSIGTRAP == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGCHLD == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGSYS  == 2);
+static_assert(sizeof(compat_siginfo_t) == 128);
+static_assert(__alignof__(compat_siginfo_t) == 4);
 static_assert(offsetof(compat_siginfo_t, si_signo)     == 0x00);
 static_assert(offsetof(compat_siginfo_t, si_errno)     == 0x04);
 static_assert(offsetof(compat_siginfo_t, si_code)      == 0x08);

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
index 65fd26a..4276b9e 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ static_assert(NSIGBUS       == 5);
 static_assert(NSIGTRAP == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGCHLD == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGSYS  == 2);
+static_assert(sizeof(compat_siginfo_t) == 128);
+static_assert(__alignof__(compat_siginfo_t) == 4);
 static_assert(offsetof(compat_siginfo_t, si_signo)     == 0x00);
 static_assert(offsetof(compat_siginfo_t, si_errno)     == 0x04);
 static_assert(offsetof(compat_siginfo_t, si_code)      == 0x08);

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
index a58e0cc..cea23cf 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ static_assert(NSIGBUS       == 5);
 static_assert(NSIGTRAP == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGCHLD == 6);
 static_assert(NSIGSYS  == 2);
+static_assert(sizeof(siginfo_t) == 128);
+static_assert(__alignof__(siginfo_t) == 8);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_signo)    == 0x00);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_errno)    == 0x04);
 static_assert(offsetof(siginfo_t, si_code)     == 0x08);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_compat.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_compat.c
index 06743ec..b52407c 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_compat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_compat.c
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ static inline void signal_compat_build_tests(void)
        BUILD_BUG_ON(NSIGSYS  != 2);
 
        /* This is part of the ABI and can never change in size: */
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(siginfo_t) != 128);
        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(compat_siginfo_t) != 128);
+
+       /* This is a part of the ABI and can never change in alignment */
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(siginfo_t) != 8);
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(compat_siginfo_t) != 4);
+
        /*
         * The offsets of all the (unioned) si_fields are fixed
         * in the ABI, of course.  Make sure none of them ever

diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h
index 5a3c221..3ba180f 100644 (file)
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ typedef union sigval {
 #define __ARCH_SI_ATTRIBUTES
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Be careful when extending this union.  On 32bit siginfo_t is 32bit
+ * aligned.  Which means that a 64bit field or any other field that
+ * would increase the alignment of siginfo_t will break the ABI.
+ */
 union __sifields {
        /* kill() */
        struct {