* Stas Sergeev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ingo.
>
> I have some programs that crash
> in 2.6.12-rc2-mm3. After seeing this:
> http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0504.1/1091.html
does the patch below fix the problem for you? (already in Andrew's tree,
should be in the next -mm patch)
Ingo
--
delay the reloading of segment registers into switch_mm(), so that if
the LDT size changes we dont get a (silent) fault and a zeroed selector
register upon reloading.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c.orig
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
@@ -612,12 +612,12 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_t
asm volatile("movl %%gs,%0":"=m" (*(int *)&prev->gs));
/*
- * Restore %fs and %gs if needed.
+ * Clear selectors if needed:
*/
- if (unlikely(prev->fs | prev->gs | next->fs | next->gs)) {
- loadsegment(fs, next->fs);
- loadsegment(gs, next->gs);
- }
+ if (unlikely((prev->fs | prev->gs) && !(next->fs | next->gs))) {
+ loadsegment(fs, next->fs);
+ loadsegment(gs, next->gs);
+ }
/*
* Now maybe reload the debug registers
--- linux/include/asm-i386/mmu_context.h.orig
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/mmu_context.h
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_s
}
}
#endif
+ /*
+ * Now that we've switched the LDT, load segments:
+ */
+ if (unlikely(current->thread.fs | current->thread.gs)) {
+ loadsegment(fs, current->thread.fs);
+ loadsegment(gs, current->thread.gs);
+ }
}
#define deactivate_mm(tsk, mm) \
-
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