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authorStephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>2011-03-13 15:49:14 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2011-03-23 16:36:53 -0400
commit375906f8765e131a4a159b1ffebf78c15db7b3bf (patch)
treecbd915005f0d0ca62b9e2191704624d119c4b044
parentc2ef45df3b98a027ec8f9081bd2a19dff520ef9d (diff)
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>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index 2d93bdbc9ac0..fd843877e841 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
/* OK, This is the point of no return */
set_personality(PER_LINUX);
set_thread_flag(TIF_IA32);
+ current->mm->context.ia32_compat = 1;
setup_new_exec(bprm);
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;
}