[tip:x86/asm] x86/elf/64: Clear more registers in elf_common_init ()

[tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski]

Commit-ID:  7bcdea4d050cbe4912854a68b93494203eec8b24
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/7bcdea4d050cbe4912854a68b93494203eec8b24
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:48:00 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 09:41:06 +0200

x86/elf/64: Clear more registers in elf_common_init()

Before we start calling execve in contexts that honor the full
pt_regs, we need to teach it to initialize all registers.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/65a38a9edee61a1158cfd230800c61dbd963dac5.1444091584.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
index 2ee05c4..1514753 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ do {						\
 static inline void elf_common_init(struct thread_struct *t,
 				   struct pt_regs *regs, const u16 ds)
 {
-	/* Commented-out registers are cleared in stub_execve */
-	/*regs->ax = regs->bx =*/ regs->cx = regs->dx = 0;
-	regs->si = regs->di /*= regs->bp*/ = 0;
+	/* ax gets execve's return value. */
+	/*regs->ax = */ regs->bx = regs->cx = regs->dx = 0;
+	regs->si = regs->di = regs->bp = 0;
 	regs->r8 = regs->r9 = regs->r10 = regs->r11 = 0;
-	/*regs->r12 = regs->r13 = regs->r14 = regs->r15 = 0;*/
+	regs->r12 = regs->r13 = regs->r14 = regs->r15 = 0;
 	t->fs = t->gs = 0;
 	t->fsindex = t->gsindex = 0;
 	t->ds = t->es = ds;
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