Re: [PATCH 6/6] arm64: compat: Check for AArch32 state

From: Suzuki K. Poulose
Date: Mon Feb 22 2016 - 06:37:49 EST


On 09/02/16 17:36, Will Deacon wrote:
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:32:17AM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
Make sure we have AArch32 state available for running COMPAT binaries.


*/
seq_puts(m, "Features\t:");
- if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32) {
+ if (system_supports_32bit_el0() &&
+ personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32) {

Wouldn't it be better to prevent tasks changing to the PER_LINUX32
personality on systems that don't support AArch32 at EL0?

Yes, thats the ideal solution. I took a look at it and it requires us to
hook in arm64 wrapper for the personality syscall. I will take a look.

Thanks
Suzuki