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DateThu, 6 Mar 2008 10:21:02 +0100
FromIngo Molnar <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Clear DF before calling signal handler
* Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> wrote:

> The Linux kernel currently does not clear the direction flag before 
> calling a signal handler, whereas the x86/x86-64 ABI requires that. 
> This become a real problem with gcc version 4.3, which assumes that 
> the direction flag is correctly cleared at the entry of a function.
> 
> This patches changes the setup_frame() functions to clear the 
> direction before entering the signal handler.

thanks, applied.

	Ingo
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