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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-05-03 03:45:12 +0200
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-10-01 15:58:10 +0200
commitbfc83647bbbb2aaf748a582ed7d45fb1408d4671 (patch)
treeb4685834725a134f0826d7ec6f3234e7964b4aaa /arch
parentia64: can't reach do_signal() when returning to kernel mode (diff)
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mips: prevent hitting do_notify_resume() with !user_mode(regs)
too late to do anything there... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/entry.S3
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/signal.c8
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S b/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
index 37acfa036d44..4b0937f19862 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ work_notifysig: # deal with pending signals and
FEXPORT(syscall_exit_work_partial)
SAVE_STATIC
syscall_exit_work:
+ LONG_L t0, PT_STATUS(sp) # returning to kernel mode?
+ andi t0, t0, KU_USER
+ beqz t0, resume_kernel
li t0, _TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT
and t0, a2 # a2 is preloaded with TI_FLAGS
beqz t0, work_pending # trace bit set?
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
index f2c09cfc60ac..0e1a5b8ae817 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
@@ -560,14 +560,6 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
siginfo_t info;
int signr;
- /*
- * We want the common case to go fast, which is why we may in certain
- * cases get here from kernel mode. Just return without doing anything
- * if so.
- */
- if (!user_mode(regs))
- return;
-
signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
if (signr > 0) {
/* Whee! Actually deliver the signal. */