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-rw-r--r--tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
index 66e5ce5b91f0..0304ffb714f2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
@@ -627,13 +627,10 @@ static void do_multicpu_tests(void)
static int finish_exec_test(void)
{
/*
- * In a sensible world, this would be check_invalid_segment(0, 1);
- * For better or for worse, though, the LDT is inherited across exec.
- * We can probably change this safely, but for now we test it.
+ * Older kernel versions did inherit the LDT on exec() which is
+ * wrong because exec() starts from a clean state.
*/
- check_valid_segment(0, 1,
- AR_DPL3 | AR_TYPE_XRCODE | AR_S | AR_P | AR_DB,
- 42, true);
+ check_invalid_segment(0, 1);
return nerrs ? 1 : 0;
}