Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rc1] x86 signal number delivery fixes

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

On Sunday 25 February 2007 12:47, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> The invokation of signal handlers on x86 has several bugs
> in its treatment of the signal number parameter:
> 
> - the i386 kernel passes the raw not the translated signal number
>   in EAX to non-SA_SIGINFO handlers compiled with -mregparm=3;
>   the value passed on the stack is correct, and SA_SIGINFO handlers
>   are also invoked correctly
> - the x86-64 kernel's ia32 emulation for SA_SIGINFO handlers also
>   passes the wrong (untranslated) signal number in EAX; the value
>   on the stack is correct
> - the x86-64 kernel's ia32 emulation for non-SA_SIGINFO handlers
>   passes the wrong (untranslated) signal number both on the stack 
>   and in EAX


Nobody should be using that signal translation code anymore. Certainly
nothing in tree. Perhaps it would be better to just rip it out.

If you have a user you should submit it.

-Andi
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