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Date:	Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:05:54 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
CC:	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86: unify sys_iopl

Hi Ingo,

The x86-64 implementation of iopl was buggy because it never ended up calling
set_iopl_mask().  This had no effect on native sys_iopl (because set_iopl_mask
is normally no-op on 64-bit), but it ended up never calling the pvop, which caused
iopl to have no effect on 64-bit Xen guests.

The two functions are needlessly different anyway.  This patch just unifies them
into a single function which is mostly derived from the 32-bit version.

Thanks,
	J

The following changes since commit c44c9ec0f38b939b3200436e3aa95c1aa83c41c7:
  Jeremy Fitzhardinge (1):
        x86: split NX setup into separate file to limit unstack-protected code

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git bugfix

Jeremy Fitzhardinge (1):
      x86: unify sys_iopl

 arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h |    8 +++-----
 arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c        |   11 ++---------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

>From 8dbb1d168eb8be6bf43d123fdfb3ba3b03762e62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:35:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] x86: unify sys_iopl

The 32 and 64-bit versions of sys_iopl were needlessly different:
 - The 32-bit version ignored its function argument and directly
   fetched the parameter from struct regs, presumably code dating
   from the neolithic era.
 - The 64-bit version never called set_iopl_mask().  Usually this
   is a no-op for 64-bit, but it is also a pvop, which meant that
   that iopl never worked for 64-bit guests under Xen.
 - Both versions use the archaic style of getting pt_regs passed
   to them.  We can get the current pt_regs with task_pt_regs, which
   avoids worrying about the fine details of stack layout.

We can use the body of the 32-bit function with a few small
adjustments to the function definition.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
index 372b76e..5336ce2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *);
 asmlinkage int sys_set_thread_area(struct user_desc __user *);
 asmlinkage int sys_get_thread_area(struct user_desc __user *);
 
-/* X86_32 only */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 /* kernel/ioport.c */
-long sys_iopl(struct pt_regs *);
+asmlinkage long sys_iopl(unsigned int);
 
+/* X86_32 only */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 /* kernel/process_32.c */
 int sys_clone(struct pt_regs *);
 int sys_execve(struct pt_regs *);
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ int sys_vm86(struct pt_regs *);
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
 
 /* X86_64 only */
-/* kernel/ioport.c */
-asmlinkage long sys_iopl(unsigned int, struct pt_regs *);
 
 /* kernel/process_64.c */
 asmlinkage long sys_clone(unsigned long, unsigned long,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
index 99c4d30..bad4f22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -119,11 +119,10 @@ static int do_iopl(unsigned int level, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-long sys_iopl(struct pt_regs *regs)
+asmlinkage long sys_iopl(unsigned int level)
 {
-	unsigned int level = regs->bx;
 	struct thread_struct *t = &current->thread;
+	struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = do_iopl(level, regs);
@@ -135,9 +134,3 @@ long sys_iopl(struct pt_regs *regs)
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
-#else
-asmlinkage long sys_iopl(unsigned int level, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	return do_iopl(level, regs);
-}
-#endif


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