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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-12 20:46:24 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-12 20:46:24 -0700
commit06e727d2a5d9d889fabad35223ad77205a9bebb9 (patch)
tree2a2d4ec9ed95c95f044c8d69e87ab47195a1d2ed /arch/x86/mm
parente68ff9cd15552e46e0f993eace25af0947b1222d (diff)
parent3ae36655b97a03fa1decf72f04078ef945647c1a (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-tip
* 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-tip: x86-64: Rework vsyscall emulation and add vsyscall= parameter x86-64: Wire up getcpu syscall x86: Remove unnecessary compile flag tweaks for vsyscall code x86-64: Add vsyscall:emulate_vsyscall trace event x86-64: Add user_64bit_mode paravirt op x86-64, xen: Enable the vvar mapping x86-64: Work around gold bug 13023 x86-64: Move the "user" vsyscall segment out of the data segment. x86-64: Pad vDSO to a page boundary
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/fault.c14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 4d09df054e3..247aae3dc00 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ check_prefetch_opcode(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned char *instr,
* but for now it's good enough to assume that long
* mode only uses well known segments or kernel.
*/
- return (!user_mode(regs)) || (regs->cs == __USER_CS);
+ return (!user_mode(regs) || user_64bit_mode(regs));
#endif
case 0x60:
/* 0x64 thru 0x67 are valid prefixes in all modes. */
@@ -720,6 +720,18 @@ __bad_area_nosemaphore(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
if (is_errata100(regs, address))
return;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ /*
+ * Instruction fetch faults in the vsyscall page might need
+ * emulation.
+ */
+ if (unlikely((error_code & PF_INSTR) &&
+ ((address & ~0xfff) == VSYSCALL_START))) {
+ if (emulate_vsyscall(regs, address))
+ return;
+ }
+#endif
+
if (unlikely(show_unhandled_signals))
show_signal_msg(regs, error_code, address, tsk);