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| author |   Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@virtuozzo.com> | 2016-04-18 16:43:43 +0300 |
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| committer |   Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2016-04-19 10:44:52 +0200 |
| commit | abfb9498ee1327f534df92a7ecaea81a85913bae (patch) | |
| tree | 5cf36e86f2f9b2166df60a3e2b59da196e848fb7 /arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | |
| parent | Merge tag 'v4.6-rc4' into x86/asm, to pick up fixes (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-abfb9498ee1327f534df92a7ecaea81a85913bae.tar.xz linux-dev-abfb9498ee1327f534df92a7ecaea81a85913bae.zip | |
x86/entry: Rename is_{ia32,x32}_task() to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall()
The is_ia32_task()/is_x32_task() function names are a big misnomer: they
suggests that the compat-ness of a system call is a task property, which
is not true, the compatness of a system call purely depends on how it
was invoked through the system call layer.
A task may call 32-bit and 64-bit and x32 system calls without changing
any of its kernel visible state.
This specific minomer is also actively dangerous, as it might cause kernel
developers to use the wrong kind of security checks within system calls.
So rename it to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall().
Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@virtuozzo.com>
[ Expanded the changelog. ]
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: 0x7f454c46@gmail.com
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1460987025-30360-1-git-send-email-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c index 32e9d9cbb884..0f4d2a5df2dc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, compat_long_t request, compat_ulong_t caddr, compat_ulong_t cdata) { #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI - if (!is_ia32_task()) + if (!in_ia32_syscall()) return x32_arch_ptrace(child, request, caddr, cdata); #endif #ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION |