linux/arch/x86
Linus Torvalds 221af7f87b Split 'flush_old_exec' into two functions
'flush_old_exec()' is the point of no return when doing an execve(), and
it is pretty badly misnamed.  It doesn't just flush the old executable
environment, it also starts up the new one.

Which is very inconvenient for things like setting up the new
personality, because we want the new personality to affect the starting
of the new environment, but at the same time we do _not_ want the new
personality to take effect if flushing the old one fails.

As a result, the x86-64 '32-bit' personality is actually done using this
insane "I'm going to change the ABI, but I haven't done it yet" bit
(TIF_ABI_PENDING), with SET_PERSONALITY() not actually setting the
personality, but just the "pending" bit, so that "flush_thread()" can do
the actual personality magic.

This patch in no way changes any of that insanity, but it does split the
'flush_old_exec()' function up into a preparatory part that can fail
(still called flush_old_exec()), and a new part that will actually set
up the new exec environment (setup_new_exec()).  All callers are changed
to trivially comply with the new world order.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-01-29 08:22:01 -08:00
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boot x86: add support for LZO-compressed kernels 2010-01-11 09:34:05 -08:00
configs tracing: Rename FTRACE_SYSCALLS for tracepoints 2009-08-26 00:17:35 +02:00
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2009-12-01 15:16:22 +08:00
ia32 Split 'flush_old_exec' into two functions 2010-01-29 08:22:01 -08:00
include/asm x86: Remove "x86 CPU features in debugfs" (CONFIG_X86_CPU_DEBUG) 2010-01-23 18:27:47 -08:00
kernel x86, msr/cpuid: Pass the number of minors when unregistering MSR and CPUID drivers. 2010-01-26 23:52:38 -08:00
kvm KVM: x86: Fix leak of free lapic date in kvm_arch_vcpu_init() 2010-01-25 12:26:40 -02:00
lguest lguest: move panic notifier registration to its expected place. 2009-09-23 22:26:44 +09:30
lib Merge branch 'iommu/fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu into x86/urgent 2009-12-28 09:23:13 +01:00
math-emu
mm x86: Set hotpluggable nodes in nodes_possible_map 2010-01-23 06:21:57 +01:00
oprofile perf events, x86/stacktrace: Make stack walking optional 2009-12-17 09:56:19 +01:00
pci x86/PCI: remove IOH range fetching 2010-01-28 08:24:11 -08:00
power hw-breakpoints: Rewrite the hw-breakpoints layer on top of perf events 2009-11-08 15:34:42 +01:00
tools Merge branch 'iommu/fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/linux-2.6-iommu into x86/urgent 2009-12-28 09:23:13 +01:00
vdso sysctl x86: Remove dead binary sysctl support 2009-11-12 02:05:04 -08:00
video
xen x86: xen: 64-bit kernel RPL should be 0 2010-01-13 11:23:54 +01:00
Kbuild
Kconfig x86: Remove "x86 CPU features in debugfs" (CONFIG_X86_CPU_DEBUG) 2010-01-23 18:27:47 -08:00
Kconfig.cpu Revert "x86: Side-step lguest problem by only building cmpxchg8b_emu for pre-Pentium" 2010-01-05 16:01:35 -08:00
Kconfig.debug Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-12-11 20:47:30 -08:00
Makefile Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/probes 2009-11-17 10:17:47 +01:00
Makefile_32.cpu Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-12-08 13:38:11 -08:00