From: Andi Kleen x86: Don't require the vDSO for handling a.out signals and in other strange binfmts. vDSO is not necessarily mapped there. This fixes signals in a.out programs Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/i386/kernel/signal.c | 6 +++++- arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_signal.c | 7 ++++++- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 3 ++- include/linux/binfmts.h | 1 + 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c +++ linux-2.6.20.1/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -349,7 +350,10 @@ static int setup_frame(int sig, struct k goto give_sigsegv; } - restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_sigreturn); + if (current->binfmt->hasvdso) + restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_sigreturn); + else + restorer = (void *)&frame->retcode; if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER) restorer = ka->sa.sa_restorer; --- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_signal.c +++ linux-2.6.20.1/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_signal.c @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -449,7 +450,11 @@ int ia32_setup_frame(int sig, struct k_s /* Return stub is in 32bit vsyscall page */ { - void __user *restorer = VSYSCALL32_SIGRETURN; + void __user *restorer; + if (current->binfmt->hasvdso) + restorer = VSYSCALL32_SIGRETURN; + else + restorer = (void *)&frame->retcode; if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER) restorer = ka->sa.sa_restorer; err |= __put_user(ptr_to_compat(restorer), &frame->pretcode); --- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ linux-2.6.20.1/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ static struct linux_binfmt elf_format = .load_binary = load_elf_binary, .load_shlib = load_elf_library, .core_dump = elf_core_dump, - .min_coredump = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE + .min_coredump = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE, + .hasvdso = 1 }; #define BAD_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE) --- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/include/linux/binfmts.h +++ linux-2.6.20.1/include/linux/binfmts.h @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct linux_binfmt { int (*load_shlib)(struct file *); int (*core_dump)(long signr, struct pt_regs * regs, struct file * file); unsigned long min_coredump; /* minimal dump size */ + int hasvdso; }; extern int register_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *); -- - 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/