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prctl.2: Minor fixes to Dave Martin's patch
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" and Copyright (C) 2002, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" and Copyright (C) 2002, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" and Copyright Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
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.\" and Copyright Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
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.\" and Copyright (C) 2014 Dave Hansen / Intel
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.\" and Copyright (C) 2014 Dave Hansen / Intel
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.\" and Copyright (c) 2020 Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
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.\"
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.\"
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.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
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.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
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.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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.TP
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.TP
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.BR PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL " (since Linux 5.4, only on arm64)"
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.BR PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL " (since Linux 5.4, only on arm64)"
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Controls support for passing tagged userspace addresses to the kernel
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Controls support for passing tagged user-space addresses to the kernel
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(i.e., addresses where bits 56\(em63 are not all zero).
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(i.e., addresses where bits 56\(em63 are not all zero).
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.IP
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The level of support is selected by
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The level of support is selected by
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.RE
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.IP
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The remaining arguments
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The remaining arguments
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.IR arg3 ", " arg4 " and " arg5
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.IR arg3 ", " arg4 ", and " arg5
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must all be zero.
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must all be zero.
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.\" Enforcement added in
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.\" Enforcement added in
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.\" commit 3e91ec89f527b9870fe42dcbdb74fd389d123a95
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.\" commit 3e91ec89f527b9870fe42dcbdb74fd389d123a95
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or if this feature is unsupported by the kernel
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or if this feature is unsupported by the kernel
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or disabled via
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or disabled via
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.IR /proc/sys/abi/tagged_addr_disabled ,
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.IR /proc/sys/abi/tagged_addr_disabled ,
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the call fails with
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the call fails with the error
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.BR EINVAL .
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.BR EINVAL .
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.IP
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.IP
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In particular, if
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In particular, if
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.BR prctl ( PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL ,
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.BR prctl ( PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL ,
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0, 0, 0, 0)
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0, 0, 0, 0)
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fails with
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fails with
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.B EINVAL
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.BR EINVAL ,
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then all addresses passed to the kernel must be untagged.
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then all addresses passed to the kernel must be untagged.
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.IP
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.IP
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Irrespective of which mode is set,
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Irrespective of which mode is set,
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addresses passed to certain interfaces
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addresses passed to certain interfaces
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must always be untagged:
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must always be untagged:
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.RS
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.RS
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.IP \(em
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.IP \(bu 2
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.BR brk (2),
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.BR brk (2),
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.BR mmap (2),
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.BR mmap (2),
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.BR shmat (2),
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.BR shmat (2),
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(Prior to Linux 5.6 these accepted tagged addresses,
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(Prior to Linux 5.6 these accepted tagged addresses,
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but the behaviour may not be what you expect.
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but the behaviour may not be what you expect.
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Don't rely on it.)
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Don't rely on it.)
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.IP \(em
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.IP \(bu
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\(oqpolymorphic\(cq interfaces
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\(oqpolymorphic\(cq interfaces
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that accept pointers to arbitrary types cast to a
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that accept pointers to arbitrary types cast to a
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.I void *
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.I void *
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A successful
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A successful
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.B PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL
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.B PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL
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call elsewhere may crash the calling process.
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call elsewhere may crash the calling process.
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The conditions for using it safely are complex and system-dependent;
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The conditions for using it safely are complex and system-dependent.
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Don't use it unless you know what you are doing.
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Don't use it unless you know what you are doing.
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.\" prctl PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL
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.\" prctl PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL
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.\" commit 63f0c60379650d82250f22e4cf4137ef3dc4f43d
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.\" commit 63f0c60379650d82250f22e4cf4137ef3dc4f43d
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for the calling thread.
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for the calling thread.
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Arguments
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Arguments
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.IR arg2 ", " arg3 ", " arg4 " and " arg5
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.IR arg2 ", " arg3 ", " arg4 ", and " arg5
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must all be zero.
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must all be zero.
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.IP
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.IP
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If the arguments are invalid
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If the arguments are invalid
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