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[v2,2/4] gdb: aarch64: Move MTE address check out of set_memtag

Message ID 20240328224850.2785280-3-gustavo.romero@linaro.org
State Superseded
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Series Add another way to check for MTE-tagged addresses on remote targets | expand

Commit Message

Gustavo Romero March 28, 2024, 10:48 p.m. UTC
Move MTE address check out of set_memtag and add this check to the
upper layer, before set_memtag is called. This is a preparation for
using a target hook instead of a gdbarch hook MTE address checks.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo Romero <gustavo.romero@linaro.org>
---
 gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c | 4 ----
 gdb/printcmd.c           | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Thiago Jung Bauermann March 30, 2024, 12:47 a.m. UTC | #1
Gustavo Romero <gustavo.romero@linaro.org> writes:

> Move MTE address check out of set_memtag and add this check to the
> upper layer, before set_memtag is called. This is a preparation for
> using a target hook instead of a gdbarch hook MTE address checks.

gdbarch_set_memtags is also called from
memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command. Shouldn't the same check be added
there?

>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Romero <gustavo.romero@linaro.org>
> ---
>  gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c | 4 ----
>  gdb/printcmd.c           | 6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
> index 50055ac3f48..8e6e63d4dcb 100644
> --- a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
> +++ b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
> @@ -2525,10 +2525,6 @@ aarch64_linux_set_memtags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *address,
>        /* Remove the top byte.  */
>        addr = gdbarch_remove_non_address_bits (gdbarch, addr);
>
> -      /* Make sure we are dealing with a tagged address to begin with.  */
> -      if (!aarch64_linux_tagged_address_p (gdbarch, address))
> -	return false;
> -
>        /* With G being the number of tag granules and N the number of tags
>  	 passed in, we can have the following cases:
>
> diff --git a/gdb/printcmd.c b/gdb/printcmd.c
> index cb0d32aa4bc..ae4d640ccf2 100644
> --- a/gdb/printcmd.c
> +++ b/gdb/printcmd.c
> @@ -3127,6 +3127,12 @@ memory_tag_set_allocation_tag_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
>    /* Parse the input.  */
>    parse_set_allocation_tag_input (args, &val, &length, tags);
>
> +  /* If the address is not in a region memory mapped with a memory tagging
> +     flag, it is no use trying to manipulate its allocation tag.  */
> +  if (!gdbarch_tagged_address_p (current_inferior ()->arch (), val)) {
> +    show_addr_not_tagged (value_as_address(val));
> +  }

GNU style doesn't use curly braces in if blocks with only one statement.

> +
>    if (!gdbarch_set_memtags (current_inferior ()->arch (), val, length, tags,
>  			    memtag_type::allocation))
>      gdb_printf (_("Could not update the allocation tag(s).\n"));

--
Thiago
Gustavo Romero April 4, 2024, 5:25 a.m. UTC | #2
On 3/29/24 9:47 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> Gustavo Romero <gustavo.romero@linaro.org> writes:
> 
>> Move MTE address check out of set_memtag and add this check to the
>> upper layer, before set_memtag is called. This is a preparation for
>> using a target hook instead of a gdbarch hook MTE address checks.
> 
> gdbarch_set_memtags is also called from
> memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command. Shouldn't the same check be added
> there?

In aarch64_linux_set_memtags, the memory check is inside the else {}, which
is only executed when tag_type == memtag_type::allocation, but not in the if {},
which is executed when memtag_type::logical. Because
memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command always calls set_memtags with the argument
for tag_type param == memtag_type::logical there is no need to check the address.

In other words, memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command is about logical tags only,
so it's a local operation that does not touch any memory in the target, it just
changes a local pointer, so it's ok to change the pointer, being it tagged or not,
hence not memory checks are needed.

These comments try to clarify a bit it:

In memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command:

   /* Setting the logical tag is just a local operation that does not touch
      any memory from the target.  Given an input value, we modify the value
      to include the appropriate tag.  <--


In memory_tag_print_tag_command:

   /* If the address is not in a region memory mapped with a memory tagging
      flag, it is no use trying to access/manipulate its allocation tag.

      It is OK to manipulate the logical tag though.  */ <--


>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Romero <gustavo.romero@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c | 4 ----
>>   gdb/printcmd.c           | 6 ++++++
>>   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
>> index 50055ac3f48..8e6e63d4dcb 100644
>> --- a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
>> +++ b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
>> @@ -2525,10 +2525,6 @@ aarch64_linux_set_memtags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *address,
>>         /* Remove the top byte.  */
>>         addr = gdbarch_remove_non_address_bits (gdbarch, addr);
>>
>> -      /* Make sure we are dealing with a tagged address to begin with.  */
>> -      if (!aarch64_linux_tagged_address_p (gdbarch, address))
>> -	return false;
>> -
>>         /* With G being the number of tag granules and N the number of tags
>>   	 passed in, we can have the following cases:
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/printcmd.c b/gdb/printcmd.c
>> index cb0d32aa4bc..ae4d640ccf2 100644
>> --- a/gdb/printcmd.c
>> +++ b/gdb/printcmd.c
>> @@ -3127,6 +3127,12 @@ memory_tag_set_allocation_tag_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
>>     /* Parse the input.  */
>>     parse_set_allocation_tag_input (args, &val, &length, tags);
>>
>> +  /* If the address is not in a region memory mapped with a memory tagging
>> +     flag, it is no use trying to manipulate its allocation tag.  */
>> +  if (!gdbarch_tagged_address_p (current_inferior ()->arch (), val)) {
>> +    show_addr_not_tagged (value_as_address(val));
>> +  }
> 
> GNU style doesn't use curly braces in if blocks with only one statement.

Fixed in v3.


Cheers,
Gustavo
Thiago Jung Bauermann April 6, 2024, 1:55 a.m. UTC | #3
Gustavo Romero <gustavo.romero@linaro.org> writes:

> On 3/29/24 9:47 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
>> Gustavo Romero <gustavo.romero@linaro.org> writes:
>>
>>> Move MTE address check out of set_memtag and add this check to the
>>> upper layer, before set_memtag is called. This is a preparation for
>>> using a target hook instead of a gdbarch hook MTE address checks.
>> gdbarch_set_memtags is also called from
>> memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command. Shouldn't the same check be added
>> there?
>
> In aarch64_linux_set_memtags, the memory check is inside the else {}, which
> is only executed when tag_type == memtag_type::allocation, but not in the if {},
> which is executed when memtag_type::logical. Because
> memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command always calls set_memtags with the argument
> for tag_type param == memtag_type::logical there is no need to check the address.
>
> In other words, memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command is about logical tags only,
> so it's a local operation that does not touch any memory in the target, it just
> changes a local pointer, so it's ok to change the pointer, being it tagged or not,
> hence not memory checks are needed.
>
> These comments try to clarify a bit it:
>
> In memory_tag_with_logical_tag_command:
>
>   /* Setting the logical tag is just a local operation that does not touch
>      any memory from the target.  Given an input value, we modify the value
>      to include the appropriate tag.  <--
>
>
> In memory_tag_print_tag_command:
>
>   /* If the address is not in a region memory mapped with a memory tagging
>      flag, it is no use trying to access/manipulate its allocation tag.
>
>      It is OK to manipulate the logical tag though.  */ <--

Thanks for the explanation, makes sense!

--
Thiago
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Patch

diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
index 50055ac3f48..8e6e63d4dcb 100644
--- a/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c
@@ -2525,10 +2525,6 @@  aarch64_linux_set_memtags (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *address,
       /* Remove the top byte.  */
       addr = gdbarch_remove_non_address_bits (gdbarch, addr);
 
-      /* Make sure we are dealing with a tagged address to begin with.  */
-      if (!aarch64_linux_tagged_address_p (gdbarch, address))
-	return false;
-
       /* With G being the number of tag granules and N the number of tags
 	 passed in, we can have the following cases:
 
diff --git a/gdb/printcmd.c b/gdb/printcmd.c
index cb0d32aa4bc..ae4d640ccf2 100644
--- a/gdb/printcmd.c
+++ b/gdb/printcmd.c
@@ -3127,6 +3127,12 @@  memory_tag_set_allocation_tag_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
   /* Parse the input.  */
   parse_set_allocation_tag_input (args, &val, &length, tags);
 
+  /* If the address is not in a region memory mapped with a memory tagging
+     flag, it is no use trying to manipulate its allocation tag.  */
+  if (!gdbarch_tagged_address_p (current_inferior ()->arch (), val)) {
+    show_addr_not_tagged (value_as_address(val));
+  }
+
   if (!gdbarch_set_memtags (current_inferior ()->arch (), val, length, tags,
 			    memtag_type::allocation))
     gdb_printf (_("Could not update the allocation tag(s).\n"));