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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/tls.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
index 6c8934406dc9..dcd699baea1b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
@@ -92,10 +92,17 @@ static void set_tls_desc(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
cpu = get_cpu();
while (n-- > 0) {
- if (LDT_empty(info) || LDT_zero(info))
+ if (LDT_empty(info) || LDT_zero(info)) {
desc->a = desc->b = 0;
- else
+ } else {
fill_ldt(desc, info);
+
+ /*
+ * Always set the accessed bit so that the CPU
+ * doesn't try to write to the (read-only) GDT.
+ */
+ desc->type |= 1;
+ }
++info;
++desc;
}