x86: clear DF before calling signal handler
The Linux kernel currently does not clear the direction flag before
calling a signal handler, whereas the x86/x86-64 ABI requires that.
Linux had this behavior/bug forever, but this becomes a real problem
with gcc version 4.3, which assumes that the direction flag is
correctly cleared at the entry of a function.
This patches changes the setup_frame() functions to clear the
direction before entering the signal handler.
Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
index caee1f0..0157a6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
* The tracer may want to single-step inside the
* handler too.
*/
- regs->flags &= ~TF_MASK;
+ regs->flags &= ~(TF_MASK | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
* The tracer may want to single-step inside the
* handler too.
*/
- regs->flags &= ~TF_MASK;
+ regs->flags &= ~(TF_MASK | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);