linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3] x86/mm: set x32 syscall bit in SET

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1703212327170.3776@nanos>
Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2017 23:34:39 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     hpa@...or.com
cc:     Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@...tuozzo.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 0x7f454c46@...il.com,
        Adam Borowski <kilobyte@...band.pl>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] x86/mm: set x32 syscall bit in SET_PERSONALITY()

On Tue, 21 Mar 2017, hpa@...or.com wrote:

> On March 21, 2017 3:21:13 PM PDT, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> >On Tue, 21 Mar 2017, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> >> v3:
> >> - clear x32 syscall flag during x32 -> x86-64 exec() (thanks, HPA).
> >
> >For correctness sake, this wants to be cleared in the IA32 path as
> >well. It's not causing any harm, but ....
> >
> >I'll amend the patch.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >	tglx
>
> Since the i386 syscall namespace is totally separate (and different),
> should we simply change the system call number to the appropriate
> sys_execve number?

That should work as well and would be more intuitive.

Thanks,

	tglx