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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 26 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h index 6fe6b182c998..9dfce4e0417d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h @@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ struct sigcontext { unsigned long ip; unsigned long flags; unsigned short cs; - unsigned short __pad2; /* Was called gs, but was always zero. */ - unsigned short __pad1; /* Was called fs, but was always zero. */ - unsigned short ss; + unsigned short gs; + unsigned short fs; + unsigned short __pad0; unsigned long err; unsigned long trapno; unsigned long oldmask; diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h index 0e8a973de9ee..40836a9a7250 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h @@ -177,24 +177,9 @@ struct sigcontext { __u64 rip; __u64 eflags; /* RFLAGS */ __u16 cs; - - /* - * Prior to 2.5.64 ("[PATCH] x86-64 updates for 2.5.64-bk3"), - * Linux saved and restored fs and gs in these slots. This - * was counterproductive, as fsbase and gsbase were never - * saved, so arch_prctl was presumably unreliable. - * - * If these slots are ever needed for any other purpose, there - * is some risk that very old 64-bit binaries could get - * confused. I doubt that many such binaries still work, - * though, since the same patch in 2.5.64 also removed the - * 64-bit set_thread_area syscall, so it appears that there is - * no TLS API that works in both pre- and post-2.5.64 kernels. - */ - __u16 __pad2; /* Was gs. */ - __u16 __pad1; /* Was fs. */ - - __u16 ss; + __u16 gs; + __u16 fs; + __u16 __pad0; __u64 err; __u64 trapno; __u64 oldmask; diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c index 206996c1669d..71820c42b6ce 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c @@ -93,8 +93,15 @@ int restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sigcontext __user *sc) COPY(r15); #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */ +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 COPY_SEG_CPL3(cs); COPY_SEG_CPL3(ss); +#else /* !CONFIG_X86_32 */ + /* Kernel saves and restores only the CS segment register on signals, + * which is the bare minimum needed to allow mixed 32/64-bit code. + * App's signal handler can save/restore other segments if needed. */ + COPY_SEG_CPL3(cs); +#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */ get_user_ex(tmpflags, &sc->flags); regs->flags = (regs->flags & ~FIX_EFLAGS) | (tmpflags & FIX_EFLAGS); @@ -154,9 +161,8 @@ int setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, void __user *fpstate, #else /* !CONFIG_X86_32 */ put_user_ex(regs->flags, &sc->flags); put_user_ex(regs->cs, &sc->cs); - put_user_ex(0, &sc->__pad2); - put_user_ex(0, &sc->__pad1); - put_user_ex(regs->ss, &sc->ss); + put_user_ex(0, &sc->gs); + put_user_ex(0, &sc->fs); #endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */ put_user_ex(fpstate, &sc->fpstate); @@ -451,19 +457,9 @@ static int __setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct ksignal *ksig, regs->sp = (unsigned long)frame; - /* - * Set up the CS and SS registers to run signal handlers in - * 64-bit mode, even if the handler happens to be interrupting - * 32-bit or 16-bit code. - * - * SS is subtle. In 64-bit mode, we don't need any particular - * SS descriptor, but we do need SS to be valid. It's possible - * that the old SS is entirely bogus -- this can happen if the - * signal we're trying to deliver is #GP or #SS caused by a bad - * SS value. - */ + /* Set up the CS register to run signal handlers in 64-bit mode, + even if the handler happens to be interrupting 32-bit code. */ regs->cs = __USER_CS; - regs->ss = __USER_DS; return 0; } |