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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h | 53 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h index b7c29c8017f2..e3d1ec90616e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h @@ -1,11 +1,54 @@ #ifndef _ASM_X86_UCONTEXT_H #define _ASM_X86_UCONTEXT_H -#define UC_FP_XSTATE 0x1 /* indicates the presence of extended state - * information in the memory layout pointed - * by the fpstate pointer in the ucontext's - * sigcontext struct (uc_mcontext). - */ +/* + * Indicates the presence of extended state information in the memory + * layout pointed by the fpstate pointer in the ucontext's sigcontext + * struct (uc_mcontext). + */ +#define UC_FP_XSTATE 0x1 + +#ifdef __x86_64__ +/* + * UC_SIGCONTEXT_SS will be set when delivering 64-bit or x32 signals on + * kernels that save SS in the sigcontext. All kernels that set + * UC_SIGCONTEXT_SS will correctly restore at least the low 32 bits of esp + * regardless of SS (i.e. they implement espfix). + * + * Kernels that set UC_SIGCONTEXT_SS will also set UC_STRICT_RESTORE_SS + * when delivering a signal that came from 64-bit code. + * + * Sigreturn restores SS as follows: + * + * if (saved SS is valid || UC_STRICT_RESTORE_SS is set || + * saved CS is not 64-bit) + * new SS = saved SS (will fail IRET and signal if invalid) + * else + * new SS = a flat 32-bit data segment + * + * This behavior serves three purposes: + * + * - Legacy programs that construct a 64-bit sigcontext from scratch + * with zero or garbage in the SS slot (e.g. old CRIU) and call + * sigreturn will still work. + * + * - Old DOSEMU versions sometimes catch a signal from a segmented + * context, delete the old SS segment (with modify_ldt), and change + * the saved CS to a 64-bit segment. These DOSEMU versions expect + * sigreturn to send them back to 64-bit mode without killing them, + * despite the fact that the SS selector when the signal was raised is + * no longer valid. UC_STRICT_RESTORE_SS will be clear, so the kernel + * will fix up SS for these DOSEMU versions. + * + * - Old and new programs that catch a signal and return without + * modifying the saved context will end up in exactly the state they + * started in, even if they were running in a segmented context when + * the signal was raised.. Old kernels would lose track of the + * previous SS value. + */ +#define UC_SIGCONTEXT_SS 0x2 +#define UC_STRICT_RESTORE_SS 0x4 +#endif #include <asm-generic/ucontext.h> |
