x86: clear DF before calling signal handler

The Linux kernel currently does not clear the direction flag before
calling a signal handler, whereas the x86/x86-64 ABI requires that.

Linux had this behavior/bug forever, but this becomes a real problem
with gcc version 4.3, which assumes that the direction flag is
correctly cleared at the entry of a function.

This patches changes the setup_frame() functions to clear the
direction before entering the signal handler.

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
index caee1f002fe..0157a6f0f41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int setup_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
          * The tracer may want to single-step inside the
          * handler too.
          */
-        regs->flags &= ~TF_MASK;
+        regs->flags &= ~(TF_MASK | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
         if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
                 ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
          * The tracer may want to single-step inside the
          * handler too.
          */
-        regs->flags &= ~TF_MASK;
+        regs->flags &= ~(TF_MASK | X86_EFLAGS_DF);
         if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP))
                 ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP);