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perf: uapi: Document perf_event_attr::sig_data truncation on 32 bit architectures
Due to the alignment requirements of siginfo_t, as described in
3ddb3fd8cd ("signal, perf: Fix siginfo_t by avoiding u64 on 32-bit
architectures"), siginfo_t::si_perf_data is limited to an unsigned long.
However, perf_event_attr::sig_data is an u64, to avoid having to deal
with compat conversions. Due to being an u64, it may not immediately be
clear to users that sig_data is truncated on 32 bit architectures.
Add a comment to explicitly point this out, and hopefully help some
users save time by not having to deduce themselves what's happening.
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
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/*
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* User provided data if sigtrap=1, passed back to user via
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* siginfo_t::si_perf_data, e.g. to permit user to identify the event.
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* Note, siginfo_t::si_perf_data is long-sized, and sig_data will be
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* truncated accordingly on 32 bit architectures.
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*/
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__u64 sig_data;
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};
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