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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c index f0e64db18ac8..0402d44deb4d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <linux/string.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/smp.h> +#include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/vmalloc.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> @@ -294,8 +295,8 @@ out: return error; } -asmlinkage int sys_modify_ldt(int func, void __user *ptr, - unsigned long bytecount) +SYSCALL_DEFINE3(modify_ldt, int , func , void __user * , ptr , + unsigned long , bytecount) { int ret = -ENOSYS; @@ -313,5 +314,14 @@ asmlinkage int sys_modify_ldt(int func, void __user *ptr, ret = write_ldt(ptr, bytecount, 0); break; } - return ret; + /* + * The SYSCALL_DEFINE() macros give us an 'unsigned long' + * return type, but tht ABI for sys_modify_ldt() expects + * 'int'. This cast gives us an int-sized value in %rax + * for the return code. The 'unsigned' is necessary so + * the compiler does not try to sign-extend the negative + * return codes into the high half of the register when + * taking the value from int->long. + */ + return (unsigned int)ret; } |