[PATCH] sparc64: do not clobber personality flags insys_sparc64_personality()

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Wed Aug 01 2012 - 16:05:57 EST


There are multiple errors in how sys_sparc64_personality() handles
personality flags stored in top three bytes.

- directly comparing current->personality against PER_LINUX32 doesn't work
in cases when any of the personality flags stored in the top three bytes
are used.
- directly forcefully setting personality to PER_LINUX32 or PER_LINUX
discards any flags stored in the top three bytes

Fix the first one by properly using personality() macro to compare only
PER_MASK bytes.
Fix the second one by setting only the bits that should be set, instead of
overwriting the whole value.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
---

Found accidentally. Untested, I don't have the hardware.

arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c | 10 +++++-----
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
index 0dc1f57..d48a364 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sparc64_personality, unsigned long, personality)
{
int ret;

- if (current->personality == PER_LINUX32 &&
- personality == PER_LINUX)
- personality = PER_LINUX32;
+ if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32 &&
+ personality(personality) == PER_LINUX)
+ personality &= ~PER_LINUX | PER_LINUX32;
ret = sys_personality(personality);
- if (ret == PER_LINUX32)
- ret = PER_LINUX;
+ if (personality(ret) == PER_LINUX32)
+ ret &= ~PER_LINUX32 | PER_LINUX;

return ret;
}

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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