Re: 32bit processes at compatbility mode on x86_64 machines fail to restart syscall after processing a signal

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"Zhang, Yanmin" <[email protected]> writes:

> The test case at
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/posixtest/posixtestsuite/conforman
> ce/interfaces/clock_nanosleep/1-5.c fails if it runs as a 32bit process
> on x86_86 machines.
>
> The root cause is the sub 32bit process fails to restart the syscall
> after it is interrupted
> by a signal.
>
> The syscall number of sys_restart_syscall in table sys_call_table is 
> __NR_restart_syscall (219) while it's __NR_ia32_restart_syscall (0) in
> ia32_sys_call_table. When regs->rax==(unsigned
> long)-ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK,
> function do_signal doesn't distinguish if the process is 64bit or 32bit,
> and always sets
> restart syscall number as __NR_restart_syscall (219).

Thanks for tracking this down. Queued.

-Andi

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