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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c index 3b3b16932589..f0e1ddbc2fd7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -281,6 +281,20 @@ static int set_segment_reg(struct task_struct *task, if (invalid_selector(value)) return -EIO; + /* + * This function has some ABI oddities. + * + * A 32-bit ptracer probably expects that writing FS or GS will change + * FSBASE or GSBASE respectively. In the absence of FSGSBASE support, + * this code indeed has that effect. When FSGSBASE is added, this + * will require a special case. + * + * For existing 64-bit ptracers, writing FS or GS *also* currently + * changes the base if the selector is nonzero the next time the task + * is run. This behavior may not be needed, and trying to preserve it + * when FSGSBASE is added would be complicated at best. + */ + switch (offset) { case offsetof(struct user_regs_struct,fs): task->thread.fsindex = value; @@ -370,6 +384,9 @@ static int putreg(struct task_struct *child, * When changing the FS base, use do_arch_prctl_64() * to set the index to zero and to set the base * as requested. + * + * NB: This behavior is nonsensical and likely needs to + * change when FSGSBASE support is added. */ if (child->thread.fsbase != value) return do_arch_prctl_64(child, ARCH_SET_FS, value); |