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<title>y2038: syscalls: rename y2038 compat syscalls</title>
<updated>2019-02-06T23:13:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
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<published>2019-01-06T23:33:08+00:00</published>
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A lot of system calls that pass a time_t somewhere have an implementation
using a COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx() on 64-bit architectures, and have
been reworked so that this implementation can now be used on 32-bit
architectures as well.

The missing step is to redefine them using the regular SYSCALL_DEFINEx()
to get them out of the compat namespace and make it possible to build them
on 32-bit architectures.

Any system call that ends in 'time' gets a '32' suffix on its name for
that version, while the others get a '_time32' suffix, to distinguish
them from the normal version, which takes a 64-bit time argument in the
future.

In this step, only 64-bit architectures are changed, doing this rename
first lets us avoid touching the 32-bit architectures twice.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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A lot of system calls that pass a time_t somewhere have an implementation
using a COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx() on 64-bit architectures, and have
been reworked so that this implementation can now be used on 32-bit
architectures as well.

The missing step is to redefine them using the regular SYSCALL_DEFINEx()
to get them out of the compat namespace and make it possible to build them
on 32-bit architectures.

Any system call that ends in 'time' gets a '32' suffix on its name for
that version, while the others get a '_time32' suffix, to distinguish
them from the normal version, which takes a 64-bit time argument in the
future.

In this step, only 64-bit architectures are changed, doing this rename
first lets us avoid touching the 32-bit architectures twice.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>time: make adjtime compat handling available for 32 bit</title>
<updated>2019-02-06T23:13:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-01-02T12:28:47+00:00</published>
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We want to reuse the compat_timex handling on 32-bit architectures the
same way we are using the compat handling for timespec when moving to
64-bit time_t.

Move all definitions related to compat_timex out of the compat code
into the normal timekeeping code, along with a rename to old_timex32,
corresponding to the timespec/timeval structures, and make it controlled
by CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME, which 32-bit architectures will then select.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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We want to reuse the compat_timex handling on 32-bit architectures the
same way we are using the compat handling for timespec when moving to
64-bit time_t.

Move all definitions related to compat_timex out of the compat code
into the normal timekeeping code, along with a rename to old_timex32,
corresponding to the timespec/timeval structures, and make it controlled
by CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME, which 32-bit architectures will then select.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>y2038: signal: Add compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait_time64</title>
<updated>2018-12-18T15:13:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-18T14:18:35+00:00</published>
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Now that 32-bit architectures have two variants of sys_rt_sigtimedwaid()
for 32-bit and 64-bit time_t, we also need to have a second compat system
call entry point on the corresponding 64-bit architectures.

The traditional system call keeps getting handled
by compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait(), and this adds a new
compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait_time64() that differs only in the timeout
argument type.

The naming remains a bit asymmetric for the moment. Ideally we would
want to have compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait_time32() for the old version
and compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait() for the new one to mirror the names
of the native entry points, but renaming the existing system call
tables causes unnecessary churn. I would suggest renaming all such
system calls together at a later point.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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Now that 32-bit architectures have two variants of sys_rt_sigtimedwaid()
for 32-bit and 64-bit time_t, we also need to have a second compat system
call entry point on the corresponding 64-bit architectures.

The traditional system call keeps getting handled
by compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait(), and this adds a new
compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait_time64() that differs only in the timeout
argument type.

The naming remains a bit asymmetric for the moment. Ideally we would
want to have compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait_time32() for the old version
and compat_sys_rt_sigtimedwait() for the new one to mirror the names
of the native entry points, but renaming the existing system call
tables causes unnecessary churn. I would suggest renaming all such
system calls together at a later point.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>y2038: socket: Add compat_sys_recvmmsg_time64</title>
<updated>2018-12-18T15:13:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-18T11:43:52+00:00</published>
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recvmmsg() takes two arguments to pointers of structures that differ
between 32-bit and 64-bit architectures: mmsghdr and timespec.

For y2038 compatbility, we are changing the native system call from
timespec to __kernel_timespec with a 64-bit time_t (in another patch),
and use the existing compat system call on both 32-bit and 64-bit
architectures for compatibility with traditional 32-bit user space.

As we now have two variants of recvmmsg() for 32-bit tasks that are both
different from the variant that we use on 64-bit tasks, this means we
also require two compat system calls!

The solution I picked is to flip things around: The existing
compat_sys_recvmmsg() call gets moved from net/compat.c into net/socket.c
and now handles the case for old user space on all architectures that
have set CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME.  A new compat_sys_recvmmsg_time64()
call gets added in the old place for 64-bit architectures only, this
one handles the case of a compat mmsghdr structure combined with
__kernel_timespec.

In the indirect sys_socketcall(), we now need to call either
do_sys_recvmmsg() or __compat_sys_recvmmsg(), depending on what kind of
architecture we are on. For compat_sys_socketcall(), no such change is
needed, we always call __compat_sys_recvmmsg().

I decided to not add a new SYS_RECVMMSG_TIME64 socketcall: Any libc
implementation for 64-bit time_t will need significant changes including
an updated asm/unistd.h, and it seems better to consistently use the
separate syscalls that configuration, leaving the socketcall only for
backward compatibility with 32-bit time_t based libc.

The naming is asymmetric for the moment, so both existing syscalls
entry points keep their names, while the new ones are recvmmsg_time32
and compat_recvmmsg_time64 respectively. I expect that we will rename
the compat syscalls later as we start using generated syscall tables
everywhere and add these entry points.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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recvmmsg() takes two arguments to pointers of structures that differ
between 32-bit and 64-bit architectures: mmsghdr and timespec.

For y2038 compatbility, we are changing the native system call from
timespec to __kernel_timespec with a 64-bit time_t (in another patch),
and use the existing compat system call on both 32-bit and 64-bit
architectures for compatibility with traditional 32-bit user space.

As we now have two variants of recvmmsg() for 32-bit tasks that are both
different from the variant that we use on 64-bit tasks, this means we
also require two compat system calls!

The solution I picked is to flip things around: The existing
compat_sys_recvmmsg() call gets moved from net/compat.c into net/socket.c
and now handles the case for old user space on all architectures that
have set CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME.  A new compat_sys_recvmmsg_time64()
call gets added in the old place for 64-bit architectures only, this
one handles the case of a compat mmsghdr structure combined with
__kernel_timespec.

In the indirect sys_socketcall(), we now need to call either
do_sys_recvmmsg() or __compat_sys_recvmmsg(), depending on what kind of
architecture we are on. For compat_sys_socketcall(), no such change is
needed, we always call __compat_sys_recvmmsg().

I decided to not add a new SYS_RECVMMSG_TIME64 socketcall: Any libc
implementation for 64-bit time_t will need significant changes including
an updated asm/unistd.h, and it seems better to consistently use the
separate syscalls that configuration, leaving the socketcall only for
backward compatibility with 32-bit time_t based libc.

The naming is asymmetric for the moment, so both existing syscalls
entry points keep their names, while the new ones are recvmmsg_time32
and compat_recvmmsg_time64 respectively. I expect that we will rename
the compat syscalls later as we start using generated syscall tables
everywhere and add these entry points.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>io_pgetevents: use __kernel_timespec</title>
<updated>2018-12-06T16:23:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Deepa Dinamani</name>
<email>deepa.kernel@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-09-20T04:41:08+00:00</published>
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struct timespec is not y2038 safe.
struct __kernel_timespec is the new y2038 safe structure for all
syscalls that are using struct timespec.
Update io_pgetevents interfaces to use struct __kernel_timespec.

sigset_t also has different representations on 32 bit and 64 bit
architectures. Hence, we need to support the following different
syscalls:

New y2038 safe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_64BIT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 64 bit(unchanged) and native 32 bit : sys_io_pgetevents
Compat : compat_sys_io_pgetevents_time64

Older y2038 unsafe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_32BIT_COMPAT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 32 bit : sys_io_pgetevents_time32
Compat : compat_sys_io_pgetevents

Note that io_getevents syscalls do not have a y2038 safe solution.

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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struct timespec is not y2038 safe.
struct __kernel_timespec is the new y2038 safe structure for all
syscalls that are using struct timespec.
Update io_pgetevents interfaces to use struct __kernel_timespec.

sigset_t also has different representations on 32 bit and 64 bit
architectures. Hence, we need to support the following different
syscalls:

New y2038 safe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_64BIT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 64 bit(unchanged) and native 32 bit : sys_io_pgetevents
Compat : compat_sys_io_pgetevents_time64

Older y2038 unsafe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_32BIT_COMPAT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 32 bit : sys_io_pgetevents_time32
Compat : compat_sys_io_pgetevents

Note that io_getevents syscalls do not have a y2038 safe solution.

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>pselect6: use __kernel_timespec</title>
<updated>2018-12-06T16:23:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Deepa Dinamani</name>
<email>deepa.kernel@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-09-20T04:41:07+00:00</published>
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struct timespec is not y2038 safe.
struct __kernel_timespec is the new y2038 safe structure for all
syscalls that are using struct timespec.
Update pselect interfaces to use struct __kernel_timespec.

sigset_t also has different representations on 32 bit and 64 bit
architectures. Hence, we need to support the following different
syscalls:

New y2038 safe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_64BIT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 64 bit(unchanged) and native 32 bit : sys_pselect6
Compat : compat_sys_pselect6_time64

Older y2038 unsafe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_32BIT_COMPAT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 32 bit : pselect6_time32
Compat : compat_sys_pselect6

Note that all other versions of select syscalls will not have
y2038 safe versions.

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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struct timespec is not y2038 safe.
struct __kernel_timespec is the new y2038 safe structure for all
syscalls that are using struct timespec.
Update pselect interfaces to use struct __kernel_timespec.

sigset_t also has different representations on 32 bit and 64 bit
architectures. Hence, we need to support the following different
syscalls:

New y2038 safe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_64BIT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 64 bit(unchanged) and native 32 bit : sys_pselect6
Compat : compat_sys_pselect6_time64

Older y2038 unsafe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_32BIT_COMPAT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 32 bit : pselect6_time32
Compat : compat_sys_pselect6

Note that all other versions of select syscalls will not have
y2038 safe versions.

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ppoll: use __kernel_timespec</title>
<updated>2018-12-06T16:23:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Deepa Dinamani</name>
<email>deepa.kernel@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-09-20T04:41:06+00:00</published>
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struct timespec is not y2038 safe.
struct __kernel_timespec is the new y2038 safe structure for all
syscalls that are using struct timespec.
Update ppoll interfaces to use struct __kernel_timespec.

sigset_t also has different representations on 32 bit and 64 bit
architectures. Hence, we need to support the following different
syscalls:

New y2038 safe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_64BIT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 64 bit(unchanged) and native 32 bit : sys_ppoll
Compat : compat_sys_ppoll_time64

Older y2038 unsafe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_32BIT_COMPAT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 32 bit : ppoll_time32
Compat : compat_sys_ppoll

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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struct timespec is not y2038 safe.
struct __kernel_timespec is the new y2038 safe structure for all
syscalls that are using struct timespec.
Update ppoll interfaces to use struct __kernel_timespec.

sigset_t also has different representations on 32 bit and 64 bit
architectures. Hence, we need to support the following different
syscalls:

New y2038 safe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_64BIT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 64 bit(unchanged) and native 32 bit : sys_ppoll
Compat : compat_sys_ppoll_time64

Older y2038 unsafe syscalls:
(Controlled by CONFIG_32BIT_COMPAT_TIME for 32 bit ABIs)

Native 32 bit : ppoll_time32
Compat : compat_sys_ppoll

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>signal: Add set_user_sigmask()</title>
<updated>2018-12-06T16:22:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Deepa Dinamani</name>
<email>deepa.kernel@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-09-20T04:41:04+00:00</published>
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Refactor reading sigset from userspace and updating sigmask
into an api.

This is useful for versions of syscalls that pass in the
sigmask and expect the current-&gt;sigmask to be changed during,
and restored after, the execution of the syscall.

With the advent of new y2038 syscalls in the subsequent patches,
we add two more new versions of the syscalls (for pselect, ppoll,
and io_pgetevents) in addition to the existing native and compat
versions. Adding such an api reduces the logic that would need to
be replicated otherwise.

Note that the calls to sigprocmask() ignored the return value
from the api as the function only returns an error on an invalid
first argument that is hardcoded at these call sites.
The updated logic uses set_current_blocked() instead.

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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Refactor reading sigset from userspace and updating sigmask
into an api.

This is useful for versions of syscalls that pass in the
sigmask and expect the current-&gt;sigmask to be changed during,
and restored after, the execution of the syscall.

With the advent of new y2038 syscalls in the subsequent patches,
we add two more new versions of the syscalls (for pselect, ppoll,
and io_pgetevents) in addition to the existing native and compat
versions. Adding such an api reduces the logic that would need to
be replicated otherwise.

Note that the calls to sigprocmask() ignored the return value
from the api as the function only returns an error on an invalid
first argument that is hardcoded at these call sites.
The updated logic uses set_current_blocked() instead.

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'core/urgent' into x86/urgent, to pick up objtool fix</title>
<updated>2018-11-03T22:42:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-11-03T22:42:16+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/compat: Adjust in_compat_syscall() to generic code under !COMPAT</title>
<updated>2018-11-01T11:59:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Safonov</name>
<email>dima@arista.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-10-12T13:42:52+00:00</published>
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The result of in_compat_syscall() can be pictured as:

x86 platform:
    ---------------------------------------------------
    |  Arch\syscall  |  64-bit  |   ia32   |   x32    |
    |-------------------------------------------------|
    |     x86_64     |  false   |   true   |   true   |
    |-------------------------------------------------|
    |      i686      |          |  &lt;true&gt;  |          |
    ---------------------------------------------------

Other platforms:
    -------------------------------------------
    |  Arch\syscall  |  64-bit  |   compat    |
    |-----------------------------------------|
    |     64-bit     |  false   |    true     |
    |-----------------------------------------|
    |    32-bit(?)   |          |   &lt;false&gt;   |
    -------------------------------------------

As seen, the result of in_compat_syscall() on generic 32-bit platform
differs from i686.

There is no reason for in_compat_syscall() == true on native i686.  It also
easy to misread code if the result on native 32-bit platform differs
between arches.

Because of that non arch-specific code has many places with:
    if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) &amp;&amp; in_compat_syscall())
in different variations.

It looks-like the only non-x86 code which uses in_compat_syscall() not
under CONFIG_COMPAT guard is in amd/amdkfd. But according to the commit
a18069c132cb ("amdkfd: Disable support for 32-bit user processes"), it
actually should be disabled on native i686.

Rename in_compat_syscall() to in_32bit_syscall() for x86-specific code
and make in_compat_syscall() false under !CONFIG_COMPAT.

A follow on patch will clean up generic users which were forced to check
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) with in_compat_syscall().

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov &lt;dima@arista.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dmitry Safonov &lt;0x7f454c46@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Herbert Xu &lt;herbert@gondor.apana.org.au&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: John Stultz &lt;john.stultz@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Steffen Klassert &lt;steffen.klassert@secunet.com&gt;
Cc: Stephen Boyd &lt;sboyd@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181012134253.23266-2-dima@arista.com

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The result of in_compat_syscall() can be pictured as:

x86 platform:
    ---------------------------------------------------
    |  Arch\syscall  |  64-bit  |   ia32   |   x32    |
    |-------------------------------------------------|
    |     x86_64     |  false   |   true   |   true   |
    |-------------------------------------------------|
    |      i686      |          |  &lt;true&gt;  |          |
    ---------------------------------------------------

Other platforms:
    -------------------------------------------
    |  Arch\syscall  |  64-bit  |   compat    |
    |-----------------------------------------|
    |     64-bit     |  false   |    true     |
    |-----------------------------------------|
    |    32-bit(?)   |          |   &lt;false&gt;   |
    -------------------------------------------

As seen, the result of in_compat_syscall() on generic 32-bit platform
differs from i686.

There is no reason for in_compat_syscall() == true on native i686.  It also
easy to misread code if the result on native 32-bit platform differs
between arches.

Because of that non arch-specific code has many places with:
    if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) &amp;&amp; in_compat_syscall())
in different variations.

It looks-like the only non-x86 code which uses in_compat_syscall() not
under CONFIG_COMPAT guard is in amd/amdkfd. But according to the commit
a18069c132cb ("amdkfd: Disable support for 32-bit user processes"), it
actually should be disabled on native i686.

Rename in_compat_syscall() to in_32bit_syscall() for x86-specific code
and make in_compat_syscall() false under !CONFIG_COMPAT.

A follow on patch will clean up generic users which were forced to check
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT) with in_compat_syscall().

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov &lt;dima@arista.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dmitry Safonov &lt;0x7f454c46@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: "David S. Miller" &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Herbert Xu &lt;herbert@gondor.apana.org.au&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: John Stultz &lt;john.stultz@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Steffen Klassert &lt;steffen.klassert@secunet.com&gt;
Cc: Stephen Boyd &lt;sboyd@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181012134253.23266-2-dima@arista.com

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