[patch 042/101] x86: Dont require the vDSO for handling a.out signals

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Mar 07 2007 - 12:45:49 EST


From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>

x86: Don't require the vDSO for handling a.out signals

and in other strange binfmts. vDSO is not necessarily mapped there.

This fixes signals in a.out programs

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
arch/i386/kernel/signal.c | 6 +++++-
arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_signal.c | 7 ++++++-
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/binfmts.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
+++ linux-2.6.20.1/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/suspend.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/binfmts.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/ucontext.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -349,7 +350,10 @@ static int setup_frame(int sig, struct k
goto give_sigsegv;
}

- restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_sigreturn);
+ if (current->binfmt->hasvdso)
+ restorer = (void *)VDSO_SYM(&__kernel_sigreturn);
+ else
+ restorer = (void *)&frame->retcode;
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
restorer = ka->sa.sa_restorer;

--- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ linux-2.6.20.1/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/personality.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/binfmts.h>
#include <asm/ucontext.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/i387.h>
@@ -449,7 +450,11 @@ int ia32_setup_frame(int sig, struct k_s

/* Return stub is in 32bit vsyscall page */
{
- void __user *restorer = VSYSCALL32_SIGRETURN;
+ void __user *restorer;
+ if (current->binfmt->hasvdso)
+ restorer = VSYSCALL32_SIGRETURN;
+ else
+ restorer = (void *)&frame->retcode;
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
restorer = ka->sa.sa_restorer;
err |= __put_user(ptr_to_compat(restorer), &frame->pretcode);
--- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ linux-2.6.20.1/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ static struct linux_binfmt elf_format =
.load_binary = load_elf_binary,
.load_shlib = load_elf_library,
.core_dump = elf_core_dump,
- .min_coredump = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE
+ .min_coredump = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE,
+ .hasvdso = 1
};

#define BAD_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE)
--- linux-2.6.20.1.orig/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ linux-2.6.20.1/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct linux_binfmt {
int (*load_shlib)(struct file *);
int (*core_dump)(long signr, struct pt_regs * regs, struct file * file);
unsigned long min_coredump; /* minimal dump size */
+ int hasvdso;
};

extern int register_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *);

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