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authorDmitry Safonov <dsafonov@virtuozzo.com>2016-04-18 16:43:43 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-04-19 10:44:52 +0200
commitabfb9498ee1327f534df92a7ecaea81a85913bae (patch)
tree5cf36e86f2f9b2166df60a3e2b59da196e848fb7 /Documentation/x86
parent6666ea558b1f4134291c15ac59366f69c2d1f321 (diff)
x86/entry: Rename is_{ia32,x32}_task() to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall()
The is_ia32_task()/is_x32_task() function names are a big misnomer: they suggests that the compat-ness of a system call is a task property, which is not true, the compatness of a system call purely depends on how it was invoked through the system call layer. A task may call 32-bit and 64-bit and x32 system calls without changing any of its kernel visible state. This specific minomer is also actively dangerous, as it might cause kernel developers to use the wrong kind of security checks within system calls. So rename it to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall(). Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@virtuozzo.com> [ Expanded the changelog. ] Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: 0x7f454c46@gmail.com Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1460987025-30360-1-git-send-email-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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