x32: Make sure TS_COMPAT is cleared for x32 tasks
authorBobby Powers <bobbypowers@gmail.com>
Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:25:38 +0000 (23:25 -0500)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:42:18 +0000 (20:42 -0800)
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>
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c

index a0701da..32e0412 100644 (file)
@@ -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);