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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
index 66e5ce5b91f0..1aef72df20a1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ static void check_valid_segment(uint16_t index, int ldt,
* NB: Different Linux versions do different things with the
* accessed bit in set_thread_area().
*/
- if (ar != expected_ar &&
- (ldt || ar != (expected_ar | AR_ACCESSED))) {
+ if (ar != expected_ar && ar != (expected_ar | AR_ACCESSED)) {
printf("[FAIL]\t%s entry %hu has AR 0x%08X but expected 0x%08X\n",
(ldt ? "LDT" : "GDT"), index, ar, expected_ar);
nerrs++;
@@ -627,13 +626,10 @@ static void do_multicpu_tests(void)
static int finish_exec_test(void)
{
/*
- * In a sensible world, this would be check_invalid_segment(0, 1);
- * For better or for worse, though, the LDT is inherited across exec.
- * We can probably change this safely, but for now we test it.
+ * Older kernel versions did inherit the LDT on exec() which is
+ * wrong because exec() starts from a clean state.
*/
- check_valid_segment(0, 1,
- AR_DPL3 | AR_TYPE_XRCODE | AR_S | AR_P | AR_DB,
- 42, true);
+ check_invalid_segment(0, 1);
return nerrs ? 1 : 0;
}