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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2012-02-14 16:56:49 -0500
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2012-02-20 15:48:49 -0500
commitbb2127240c5595ae4ef7115494f51e973692f64e (patch)
tree5e1318eba21d79facf436673ae682f85f0b4d978 /arch/x86/kernel
parentd046ff8b30319d9aa38d877a0ba4206771e54346 (diff)
x32: Add a thread flag for x32 processes
An x32 process is *almost* the same thing as a 64-bit process with a 32-bit address limit, but there are a few minor differences -- in particular core dumps are 32 bits and signal handling is different. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 0e900d09e232..5fe2fbaa56ba 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ void set_personality_64bit(void)
509 /* Make sure to be in 64bit mode */ 509 /* Make sure to be in 64bit mode */
510 clear_thread_flag(TIF_IA32); 510 clear_thread_flag(TIF_IA32);
511 clear_thread_flag(TIF_ADDR32); 511 clear_thread_flag(TIF_ADDR32);
512 clear_thread_flag(TIF_X32);
512 513
513 /* Ensure the corresponding mm is not marked. */ 514 /* Ensure the corresponding mm is not marked. */
514 if (current->mm) 515 if (current->mm)
@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@ void set_personality_ia32(void)
528 /* Make sure to be in 32bit mode */ 529 /* Make sure to be in 32bit mode */
529 set_thread_flag(TIF_IA32); 530 set_thread_flag(TIF_IA32);
530 set_thread_flag(TIF_ADDR32); 531 set_thread_flag(TIF_ADDR32);
532 clear_thread_flag(TIF_X32);
531 current->personality |= force_personality32; 533 current->personality |= force_personality32;
532 534
533 /* Mark the associated mm as containing 32-bit tasks. */ 535 /* Mark the associated mm as containing 32-bit tasks. */