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authorAl Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>2013-09-01 20:35:01 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-09-26 17:18:13 -0700
commita168ad2687045d24e98b2525d1ee678c4f2a9a96 (patch)
treec926544081dae0bae8e31240f745979bc0c702c1 /arch/powerpc/kernel
parent1159cd1ded90b41db788f84bf94644a810dd322a (diff)
Introduce [compat_]save_altstack_ex() to unbreak x86 SMAP
commit bd1c149aa9915b9abb6d83d0f01dfd2ace0680b5 upstream. For performance reasons, when SMAP is in use, SMAP is left open for an entire put_user_try { ... } put_user_catch(); block, however, calling __put_user() in the middle of that block will close SMAP as the STAC..CLAC constructs intentionally do not nest. Furthermore, using __put_user() rather than put_user_ex() here is bad for performance. Thus, introduce new [compat_]save_altstack_ex() helpers that replace __[compat_]save_altstack() for x86, being currently the only architecture which supports put_user_try { ... } put_user_catch(). Reported-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-es5p6y64if71k8p5u08agv9n@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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