Casueword(9) on ll/sc architectures must be prepared for userspace
constantly modifying the same cache line as containing the CAS word,
and not loop infinitely. Otherwise, rogue userspace livelocks the
kernel.
To fix the issue, change casueword(9) interface to return new value 1
indicating that either comparision or store failed, instead of relying
on the oldval == *oldvalp comparison. The primitive no longer retries
the operation if it failed spuriously. Modify callers of
casueword(9), all in kern_umtx.c, to handle retries, and react to
stops and requests to terminate between retries.
On x86, despite cmpxchg should not return spurious failures, we can
take advantage of the new interface and just return PSL.ZF.
Reviewed by: andrew (arm64, previous version), markj
Tested by: pho
Reported by: https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-295.txt
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20772
and casuword(9), but do not mix value read and indication of fault.
I know (or remember) enough assembly to handle x86 and powerpc. For
arm, mips and sparc64, implement fueword() and casueword() as wrappers
around fuword() and casuword(), which means that the functions cannot
distinguish between -1 and fault.
On architectures where fueword() and casueword() are native, implement
fuword() and casuword() using fueword() and casuword(), to reduce
assembly code duplication.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Tested by: pho
MFC after: 2 weeks (ia64 needs treating)
