2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: David S. Miller [ Upstream commit 0a4949c4414af2eb91414bcd8e2a8ac3706f7dde ] That's the userland thread register, so we should never try to change it like this. Based upon glibc bug nptl/6577 and suggestions by Jakub Jelinek. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/sparc64/kernel/signal.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/signal.c +++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/signal.c @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ * arch/sparc64/kernel/signal.c * * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds - * Copyright (C) 1995 David S. Miller (davem@caip.rutgers.edu) + * Copyright (C) 1995, 2008 David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net) * Copyright (C) 1996 Miguel de Icaza (miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx) * Copyright (C) 1997 Eddie C. Dost (ecd@skynet.be) * Copyright (C) 1997,1998 Jakub Jelinek (jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz) @@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ asmlinkage void sparc64_set_context(stru err |= __get_user(regs->u_regs[UREG_G4], (&(*grp)[MC_G4])); err |= __get_user(regs->u_regs[UREG_G5], (&(*grp)[MC_G5])); err |= __get_user(regs->u_regs[UREG_G6], (&(*grp)[MC_G6])); - err |= __get_user(regs->u_regs[UREG_G7], (&(*grp)[MC_G7])); + + /* Skip %g7 as that's the thread register in userspace. */ + err |= __get_user(regs->u_regs[UREG_I0], (&(*grp)[MC_O0])); err |= __get_user(regs->u_regs[UREG_I1], (&(*grp)[MC_O1])); err |= __get_user(regs->u_regs[UREG_I2], (&(*grp)[MC_O2])); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/