[patch 10/14] syslets: x86, mark async unsafe syscalls

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Feb 15 2007 - 11:58:42 EST


From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

mark clone() and fork() as not available for async execution.
Both need an intact user context beneath them to work.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/i386/kernel/process.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_t

asmlinkage int sys_fork(struct pt_regs regs)
{
+ if (async_syscall(current))
+ return -ENOSYS;
+
return do_fork(SIGCHLD, regs.esp, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
}

@@ -740,6 +743,9 @@ asmlinkage int sys_clone(struct pt_regs
unsigned long newsp;
int __user *parent_tidptr, *child_tidptr;

+ if (async_syscall(current))
+ return -ENOSYS;
+
clone_flags = regs.ebx;
newsp = regs.ecx;
parent_tidptr = (int __user *)regs.edx;
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