From: Stian Halseth <stian@itx.no>
To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Cc: sam@gentoo.org, Stian Halseth <stian@itx.no>
Subject: [PATCH] Mark swapcontext returns_twice without indirect_return [BZ #23130]
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 14:43:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902124349.3501576-1-stian@itx.no> (raw)
swapcontext does not restore every callee-saved register on all targets.
On sparc the %l and %i registers are not in the saved context at all:
they live in the register window save area of the calling frame, which
another pass through that frame can overwrite. stdlib/tst-setcontext2
fails on sparc64 for this reason at -O2 with PIC, where gcc keeps
&global in %i5 across swapcontext and reuses %i5 as the GOT base on
another path through the same frame.
Make the generic bits/indirect-return.h fall back to returns_twice where
indirect_return is unavailable, covering every affected target. x86 and
aarch64 keep their own headers, which gate on CET and on GCS, so those
targets are unchanged.
string/tst-xbzero-opt.c calls swapcontext from an always_inline
function, which a returns_twice callee forbids; key its guard on the
availability of indirect_return rather than on __CET__. It is the only
such site in the tree.
Tested on sparc64: full make check is clean, with no test that passed
before failing after.
Signed-off-by: Stian Halseth <stian@itx.no>
---
bits/indirect-return.h | 15 +++++++++++++--
string/tst-xbzero-opt.c | 7 +++----
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bits/indirect-return.h b/bits/indirect-return.h
index 819bd25b..4bfe3d35 100644
--- a/bits/indirect-return.h
+++ b/bits/indirect-return.h
@@ -21,5 +21,16 @@
#endif
/* __INDIRECT_RETURN is used on swapcontext to indicate if it requires
- special compiler treatment. */
-#define __INDIRECT_RETURN
+ special compiler treatment. swapcontext does not restore every
+ callee-saved register on all targets -- on sparc the %l and %i
+ registers are not in the saved context at all -- so where
+ indirect_return is unavailable, returns_twice stops the compiler
+ assuming such a value survives the call. Targets that need this only
+ under an optional feature override this file. */
+#if __glibc_has_attribute (__indirect_return__)
+# define __INDIRECT_RETURN __attribute__ ((__indirect_return__))
+#elif __glibc_has_attribute (__returns_twice__)
+# define __INDIRECT_RETURN __attribute__ ((__returns_twice__))
+#else
+# define __INDIRECT_RETURN
+#endif
diff --git a/string/tst-xbzero-opt.c b/string/tst-xbzero-opt.c
index 3aa13d03..26e2ec1c 100644
--- a/string/tst-xbzero-opt.c
+++ b/string/tst-xbzero-opt.c
@@ -111,10 +111,9 @@ use_test_buffer (unsigned char *buf)
/* Always check the test buffer immediately after filling it; this
makes externally visible side effects depend on the buffer existing
and having been filled in. */
-#if defined __CET__ && !__glibc_has_attribute (__indirect_return__)
-/* Note: swapcontext returns via indirect branch when SHSTK is enabled.
- Without indirect_return attribute, swapcontext is marked with
- returns_twice attribute, which prevents always_inline to work. */
+#if !__glibc_has_attribute (__indirect_return__)
+/* Without indirect_return, swapcontext is marked returns_twice, which
+ prevents always_inline from working. */
# define ALWAYS_INLINE
#else
# define ALWAYS_INLINE __attribute__ ((always_inline))
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 12:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 12:43 Stian Halseth [this message]
2026-09-04 14:20 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2026-09-04 15:29 ` [PATCH v2] Mark swapcontext returns_twice by default " Stian Halseth
2026-09-04 18:32 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2026-09-15 21:00 ` Stian Halseth
2026-09-16 12:02 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2026-09-16 12:33 ` Stian Halseth
2026-09-21 12:33 ` Andreas Schwab
2026-09-21 13:05 ` Stian Halseth
2026-09-21 13:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2026-09-21 20:36 ` Stian Halseth
2026-09-21 20:39 ` [PATCH] string: Drop always_inline from tst-xbzero-opt " Stian Halseth
2026-09-25 10:43 ` Stian Halseth
2026-09-25 13:03 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2026-09-25 11:11 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
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