Re: [PATCH] x86: clear EXTRA_REGS for all executable formats

[Brian Gerst]

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On failure, sys_execve does not clobber EXTRA_REGS, so we can just
> return to userpsace without saving/restoring them.
>
> On success, ELF_PLAT_INIT in sys_execve clears all these registers.
>
> On other executable formats:
> binfmt_flat.c has similar FLAT_PLAT_INIT, but x86 (and everyone else
> except sh) doesn't define it.
> binfmt_elf_fdpic.c has ELF_FDPIC_PLAT_INIT, but x86 (and most others)
> doesn't define it.
> There are no such hooks in binfmt_aout.c et al. We inherit
> EXTRA_REGS from the prior executable.

None of these are supported on x86-64.  The first two are for embedded
MMU-less systems.  a.out is only supported for a few old arches
(x86-32, alpha, m68k).  ia32_aout.c does explicitly clear the extra
registers.

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Brian Gerst
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