linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/process: Delete useless check for dead process with LDT

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Date:   Sat, 13 Jul 2019 00:41:52 +0200
From:   Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        jannh@...gle.com
Cc:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/process: Delete useless check for dead process with LDT

At release_thread(), ->mm is NULL; and it is fine for the former mm to
still have an LDT. Delete this check in process_64.c, similar to
commit 2684927c6b93 ("[PATCH] x86: Deprecate useless bug"), which did the
same in process_32.c.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 12 +-----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 250e4c4ac6d9..af64519b2695 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -143,17 +143,7 @@ void __show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, enum show_regs_mode mode)
 
 void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 {
-	if (dead_task->mm) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
-		if (dead_task->mm->context.ldt) {
-			pr_warn("WARNING: dead process %s still has LDT? <%p/%d>\n",
-				dead_task->comm,
-				dead_task->mm->context.ldt->entries,
-				dead_task->mm->context.ldt->nr_entries);
-			BUG();
-		}
-#endif
-	}
+	WARN_ON(dead_task->mm);
 }
 
 enum which_selector {
-- 
2.22.0.510.g264f2c817a-goog