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| author | Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca> | 2011-03-13 15:49:14 -0400 |
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| committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2011-03-23 16:36:53 -0400 |
| commit | 375906f8765e131a4a159b1ffebf78c15db7b3bf (patch) | |
| tree | cbd915005f0d0ca62b9e2191704624d119c4b044 /arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | |
| parent | c2ef45df3b98a027ec8f9081bd2a19dff520ef9d (diff) | |
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x86: mark associated mm when running a task in 32 bit compatibility mode
This patch simply follows the same practice as for setting the TIF_IA32 flag.
In particular, an mm is marked as holding 32-bit tasks when a 32-bit binary is
exec'ed. Both ELF and a.out formats are updated.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c index bd387e8f73b4..6c9dd922ac0d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c @@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ void set_personality_64bit(void) /* Make sure to be in 64bit mode */ clear_thread_flag(TIF_IA32); + /* Ensure the corresponding mm is not marked. */ + if (current->mm) + current->mm->context.ia32_compat = 0; + /* TBD: overwrites user setup. Should have two bits. But 64bit processes have always behaved this way, so it's not too bad. The main problem is just that @@ -516,6 +520,10 @@ void set_personality_ia32(void) set_thread_flag(TIF_IA32); current->personality |= force_personality32; + /* Mark the associated mm as containing 32-bit tasks. */ + if (current->mm) + current->mm->context.ia32_compat = 1; + /* Prepare the first "return" to user space */ current_thread_info()->status |= TS_COMPAT; } |