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authorRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2011-02-20 07:22:52 -0500
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2011-02-21 14:29:26 -0500
commit53399053eb505cf541b2405bd9d9bca5ecfb96fb (patch)
tree05b7fff7b081592087df18449dd6dd72537e522d /arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
parentdc810efb0ca5702c9d96782b99282d4b4383e877 (diff)
ARM: Ensure predictable endian state on signal handler entry
Ensure a predictable endian state when entering signal handlers. This avoids programs which use SETEND to momentarily switch their endian state from having their signal handlers entered with an unpredictable endian state. Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Acked-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 907d5a620bca..abaf8445ce25 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -474,7 +474,9 @@ setup_return(struct pt_regs *regs, struct k_sigaction *ka,
474 unsigned long handler = (unsigned long)ka->sa.sa_handler; 474 unsigned long handler = (unsigned long)ka->sa.sa_handler;
475 unsigned long retcode; 475 unsigned long retcode;
476 int thumb = 0; 476 int thumb = 0;
477 unsigned long cpsr = regs->ARM_cpsr & ~PSR_f; 477 unsigned long cpsr = regs->ARM_cpsr & ~(PSR_f | PSR_E_BIT);
478
479 cpsr |= PSR_ENDSTATE;
478 480
479 /* 481 /*
480 * Maybe we need to deliver a 32-bit signal to a 26-bit task. 482 * Maybe we need to deliver a 32-bit signal to a 26-bit task.