[PATCH] x86: Clear DF before calling signal handler

[Aurelien Jarno]

The Linux kernel currently does not clear the direction flag before
calling a signal handler, whereas the x86/x86-64 ABI requires that.
This become a real problem with gcc version 4.3, which assumes that
the direction flag is correctly cleared at the entry of a function.

This patches changes the setup_frame() functions to clear the
direction before entering the signal handler.

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c |    4 ++--
 arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c |    4 ++--
 arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index 1c0503b..5e7771a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ int ia32_setup_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 	regs->ss = __USER32_DS;
 
 	set_fs(USER_DS);
-	regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
+	regs->flags &= ~(X86_EFLAGS_TF | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
 		ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);
 
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ int ia32_setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	regs->ss = __USER32_DS;
 
 	set_fs(USER_DS);
-	regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
+	regs->flags &= ~(X86_EFLAGS_TF | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
 		ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
index caee1f0..0157a6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int setup_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 	 * The tracer may want to single-step inside the
 	 * handler too.
 	 */
-	regs->flags &= ~TF_MASK;
+	regs->flags &= ~(TF_MASK | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
 		ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	 * The tracer may want to single-step inside the
 	 * handler too.
 	 */
-	regs->flags &= ~TF_MASK;
+	regs->flags &= ~(TF_MASK | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
 		ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c
index 7347bb1..56b72fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	   see include/asm-x86_64/uaccess.h for details. */
 	set_fs(USER_DS);
 
-	regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
+	regs->flags &= ~(X86_EFLAGS_TF | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
 		ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);
 #ifdef DEBUG_SIG
-- 
1.5.4.3


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