Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86-64: Use normal ptregs stub for execve

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/27/2010 07:21 AM, Brian Gerst wrote:
> 
> I see what is going on.  Grub is a 32-bit statically linked executable
> even on a 64-bit distro.  The old execve stub forced return to
> userspace via iret, but PTREGSCALL apparently doesn't.  This means
> that the 32-bit %cs isn't getting set.  Drop this patch for now.
> 

OK, I presume that breaks execing any 32-bit app, not just statically
linked (eww...)

Yet one more case of Grub making me shudder, though :-/

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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