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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h10
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c6
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/signal.c2
6 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index d0165c9a2932..1f5e2b0e09ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ static int ia32_restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs,
err |= restore_xstate_sig(buf, 1);
+ force_iret();
+
return err;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 74bb2e0f3030..83b874da2762 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
*/
#define arch_ptrace_stop_needed(code, info) \
({ \
- set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME); \
+ force_iret(); \
false; \
})
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index ba115eb6fbcf..0abf7ab20ce2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -260,6 +260,16 @@ static inline bool is_ia32_task(void)
#endif
return false;
}
+
+/*
+ * Force syscall return via IRET by making it look as if there was
+ * some work pending. IRET is our most capable (but slowest) syscall
+ * return path, which is able to restore modified SS, CS and certain
+ * EFLAGS values that other (fast) syscall return instructions
+ * are not able to restore properly.
+ */
+#define force_iret() set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
+
#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 1b9963faf4eb..26c596d1ee07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -206,11 +206,7 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip, unsigned long new_sp)
regs->ip = new_ip;
regs->sp = new_sp;
regs->flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF;
- /*
- * force it to the iret return path by making it look as if there was
- * some work pending.
- */
- set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
+ force_iret();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 97f5658290b7..da8b74598d90 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ start_thread_common(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip,
regs->cs = _cs;
regs->ss = _ss;
regs->flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF;
+ force_iret();
}
void
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index edcb862cdcae..eaa2c5e3f2cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ int restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sigcontext __user *sc,
err |= restore_xstate_sig(buf, config_enabled(CONFIG_X86_32));
+ force_iret();
+
return err;
}
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