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authorAl Viro2013-09-01 20:35:01 +0100
committerH. Peter Anvin2013-09-01 14:16:33 -0700
commitbd1c149aa9915b9abb6d83d0f01dfd2ace0680b5 (patch)
tree1ccdf876f778bd986a6238d379ee9e9981ed98dc /arch/x86/lib
parent7263dda41b5a28ae6566fd126d9b06ada73dd721 (diff)
Introduce [compat_]save_altstack_ex() to unbreak x86 SMAP
For performance reasons, when SMAP is in use, SMAP is left open for an entire put_user_try { ... } put_user_catch(); block, however, calling __put_user() in the middle of that block will close SMAP as the STAC..CLAC constructs intentionally do not nest. Furthermore, using __put_user() rather than put_user_ex() here is bad for performance. Thus, introduce new [compat_]save_altstack_ex() helpers that replace __[compat_]save_altstack() for x86, being currently the only architecture which supports put_user_try { ... } put_user_catch(). Reported-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.8+ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-es5p6y64if71k8p5u08agv9n@git.kernel.org
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