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SubjectRe: x86: get rid of the insane TIF_ABI_PENDING bit
On 02/15, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> On 02/15/2010 08:50 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > Could you please point me where do we check TS_COMPAT during return
> > to user-mode?
> >
>
> Sorry, I was thinking about TIF_IA32, which is examined on line 415 of
> entry_64.S.

Yes, I understand we should set TIF_IA32, but my question was about
TS_COMPAT.

Oh. And ELF_PLAT_INIT() clears TIF_IA32... at this point it should
be already cleared by SET_PERSONALITY() ?

OK. If this is all really needed, please ignore me, I don't really
understand these details anyway.

> >> At that point (this is after the exec!) we don't get arguments anyway.
> >
> > I meant /proc/pid/syscall, but even if I am right this probably
> > doesn't matter.
>
> What does getting the arguments from a process which has never done a
> system call yet even mean? Presumably we get some kind of "null answer"
> which depends on the default register set; in that case the compat null
> answer is the correct one.

Indeed, not sure what I was thinking about, thanks.

Oleg.



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