[newlib-cygwin] Cygwin: thread: Fix stack alignment for PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS
Takashi Yano
tyan0@sourceware.org
Sat Jan 3 15:18:15 GMT 2026
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=b41e3b652c4215556a62a2f47e8f8f11553fa550
commit b41e3b652c4215556a62a2f47e8f8f11553fa550
Author: Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>
Date: Wed Dec 24 03:14:03 2025 +0900
Cygwin: thread: Fix stack alignment for PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS
The test case winsup/testsuites/winsup.api/pthread/cancel2 fails
on Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, while it works on Windows 10
and Windows Server 2022. PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS is implemented
by forcing the target thread's instruction pointer (IP) to pthread::
static_cancel_self() using [GS]etThreadContext(). static_cancel_self()
will call Windows API function during thread shutdown. A misaligned
stack will lead to unexpected exceptions.
Previously, the stack pointer was not maintained to 16-byte alignment,
even though this is required by 64-bit Windows ABI. At the start of
the function prologue, the stack is expected to be at an offset of
8 byte from 16-byte boundary (SP % 16 == 8) in x86_64 architecture,
as the call instruction has just pushed the return IP onto the stack.
However, this appears to have been overlooked when cygwin first added
x86_64 support.
This patch fixes this issue by aligning the stack pointer as well as
the instruction pointer in the PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS handling.
Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2025-December/259117.html
Fixes: 61522196c715 ("* Merge in cygwin-64bit-branch.")
Reported-by: Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>
Reviewed-by: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>
Diff:
---
winsup/cygwin/thread.cc | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
index 86a00e76e..4df13221e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
@@ -630,6 +630,31 @@ pthread::cancel ()
threadlist_t *tl_entry = cygheap->find_tls (cygtls);
if (!cygtls->inside_kernel (&context))
{
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+ /* Need to maintain the alignment of the stack pointer.
+ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/stack-usage?view=msvc-170
+ states,
+ "The stack will always be maintained 16-byte aligned,
+ except within the prolog (for example, after the return
+ address is pushed),",
+ that is, we need 16n + 8 byte alignment here because the stack
+ pointer must be maintaiined to the same alignment required by
+ the function prologue. Since the call instruction pushes the
+ return address (rip) onto the stack, which is 8 bytes,
+ an additional 8 bytes is required to emulate this behaviour.
+ However, we do not need to push return address itself, because
+ pthread::static_cancel_self() must not return. */
+ context._CX_stackPtr &= ~0x07UL;
+ if ((context._CX_stackPtr & 8) == 0)
+ context._CX_stackPtr -= 8;
+#elif defined(__aarch64__)
+ /* 16 bytes alignment required. Trim stack pointer just in case.
+ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/arm64-windows-abi-conventions?view=msvc-170
+ */
+ context._CX_stackPtr &= ~0x0fUL;
+#else
+#error unimplemented for this target
+#endif
context._CX_instPtr = (ULONG_PTR) pthread::static_cancel_self;
SetThreadContext (win32_obj_id, &context);
}
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