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authorBobby Powers <bobbypowers@gmail.com>2012-02-26 05:25:38 +0100
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2012-02-26 05:42:18 +0100
commitce5f7a99df87918b5be4618a9386213a8e9a7146 (patch)
tree38e95ae1b9dae5b4149dd4fa0df42a7abed4e758 /arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
parentMerge branch 'core/types' into x86/x32 (diff)
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x32: Make sure TS_COMPAT is cleared for x32 tasks
If a process has a non-x32 ia32 personality and changes to x32, the process would keep its TS_COMPAT flag. x32 uses the presence of the x32 flag on a syscall to determine compat status, so make sure TS_COMPAT is cleared. Signed-off-by: Bobby Powers <bobbypowers@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1330230338-25077-1-git-send-email-bobbypowers@gmail.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index a0701da2bd18..32e04120b2cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ void set_personality_ia32(bool x32)
clear_thread_flag(TIF_IA32);
set_thread_flag(TIF_X32);
current->personality &= ~READ_IMPLIES_EXEC;
+ /* is_compat_task() uses the presence of the x32
+ syscall bit flag to determine compat status */
+ current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_COMPAT;
} else {
set_thread_flag(TIF_IA32);
clear_thread_flag(TIF_X32);