On 05/11/2015 01:49 PM, Alex Henrie wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Doug Johnson <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
> index 8ed2106..86bfe7c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long new_ip,
> unsigned long new_sp)
> regs->cs = __USER_CS;
> regs->ip = new_ip;
> regs->sp = new_sp;
> - regs->flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF;
> + regs->flags |= X86_EFLAGS_IF;
> force_iret();
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
> index ddfdbf7..fc22e5d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
> @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ start_thread_common(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long
> new_ip,
> regs->sp = new_sp;
> regs->cs = _cs;
> regs->ss = _ss;
> - regs->flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF;
> + regs->flags |= X86_EFLAGS_IF;
> force_iret();
> }
>
This would seem to preserve a whole bunch of other flags that should not
be leaked between processes, such as DF or TF.
-hpa
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