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[PATCH] ARM: Move signal return code into vector page

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Move the signal return code into the vector page instead of placing
it on the user mode stack, which will allow us to avoid flushing
the instruction cache on signals, as well as eventually allowing
non-exec stack.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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Russell King
2005-06-22 20:26:05 +01:00
parent 052162198b
commit e00d349e77
3 changed files with 39 additions and 9 deletions
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arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
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@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <asm/unistd.h>
#include "ptrace.h"
#include "signal.h"
#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
#define SWI_THUMB_SIGRETURN (0xdf00 << 16 | 0x2700 | (__NR_sigreturn - __NR_SYSCALL_BASE))
#define SWI_THUMB_RT_SIGRETURN (0xdf00 << 16 | 0x2700 | (__NR_rt_sigreturn - __NR_SYSCALL_BASE))
static const unsigned long retcodes[4] = {
const unsigned long sigreturn_codes[4] = {
SWI_SYS_SIGRETURN, SWI_THUMB_SIGRETURN,
SWI_SYS_RT_SIGRETURN, SWI_THUMB_RT_SIGRETURN
};
@@ -500,17 +501,25 @@ setup_return(struct pt_regs *regs, struct k_sigaction *ka,
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO)
idx += 2;
if (__put_user(retcodes[idx], rc))
if (__put_user(sigreturn_codes[idx], rc))
return 1;
/*
* Ensure that the instruction cache sees
* the return code written onto the stack.
*/
flush_icache_range((unsigned long)rc,
(unsigned long)(rc + 1));
if (cpsr & MODE32_BIT) {
/*
* 32-bit code can use the new high-page
* signal return code support.
*/
retcode = KERN_SIGRETURN_CODE + (idx << 2) + thumb;
} else {
/*
* Ensure that the instruction cache sees
* the return code written onto the stack.
*/
flush_icache_range((unsigned long)rc,
(unsigned long)(rc + 1));
retcode = ((unsigned long)rc) + thumb;
retcode = ((unsigned long)rc) + thumb;
}
}
regs->ARM_r0 = usig;