[PATCH 5/5] x86: signal: introduce helper align_sigframe()

From: Hiroshi Shimamoto
Date: Fri Feb 27 2009 - 13:30:46 EST


From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Impact: cleanup

Introduce helper align_sigframe() to align stack pointer for signal frame.

Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 27 +++++++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 83212e3..ceeb466 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -191,6 +191,20 @@ setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, void __user *fpstate,
/*
* Determine which stack to use..
*/
+static unsigned long align_sigframe(unsigned long sp)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+ /*
+ * Align the stack pointer according to the i386 ABI,
+ * i.e. so that on function entry ((sp + 4) & 15) == 0.
+ */
+ sp = ((sp + 4) & -16ul) - 4;
+#else /* !CONFIG_X86_32 */
+ sp = round_down(sp, 16) - 8;
+#endif
+ return sp;
+}
+
static inline void __user *
get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs, size_t frame_size,
void __user **fpstate)
@@ -236,18 +250,7 @@ get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs, size_t frame_size,
return (void __user *)-1L;
}

- sp -= frame_size;
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- /*
- * Align the stack pointer according to the i386 ABI,
- * i.e. so that on function entry ((sp + 4) & 15) == 0.
- */
- sp = ((sp + 4) & -16ul) - 4;
-#else /* !CONFIG_X86_32 */
- sp = round_down(sp, 16) - 8;
-#endif
-
- return (void __user *) sp;
+ return (void __user *)align_sigframe(sp - frame_size);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
--
1.6.1.2

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