x86/entry: Rename is_{ia32,x32}_task() to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall()
The is_ia32_task()/is_x32_task() function names are a big misnomer: they
suggests that the compat-ness of a system call is a task property, which
is not true, the compatness of a system call purely depends on how it
was invoked through the system call layer.
A task may call 32-bit and 64-bit and x32 system calls without changing
any of its kernel visible state.
This specific minomer is also actively dangerous, as it might cause kernel
developers to use the wrong kind of security checks within system calls.
So rename it to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall().
Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@virtuozzo.com>
[ Expanded the changelog. ]
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: 0x7f454c46@gmail.com
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1460987025-30360-1-git-send-email-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/common.c b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
index e79d93d..ec138e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- u32 arch = is_ia32_task() ? AUDIT_ARCH_I386 : AUDIT_ARCH_X86_64;
+ u32 arch = in_ia32_syscall() ? AUDIT_ARCH_I386 : AUDIT_ARCH_X86_64;
unsigned long phase1_result = syscall_trace_enter_phase1(regs, arch);
if (phase1_result == 0)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
index ebb102e..5a3b2c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
return (void __user *)round_down(sp - len, 16);
}
-static inline bool is_x32_task(void)
+static inline bool in_x32_syscall(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
if (task_pt_regs(current)->orig_ax & __X32_SYSCALL_BIT)
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
static inline bool in_compat_syscall(void)
{
- return is_ia32_task() || is_x32_task();
+ return in_ia32_syscall() || in_x32_syscall();
}
#define in_compat_syscall in_compat_syscall /* override the generic impl */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index ffae84d..30c133a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
return true;
}
-static inline bool is_ia32_task(void)
+static inline bool in_ia32_syscall(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
return true;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 50337ea..24d1b7f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
*/
if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS) {
#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
- if (is_ia32_task())
+ if (in_ia32_syscall())
err = do_set_thread_area(p, -1,
(struct user_desc __user *)tls, 0);
else
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index 32e9d9c..0f4d2a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@
compat_ulong_t caddr, compat_ulong_t cdata)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
- if (!is_ia32_task())
+ if (!in_ia32_syscall())
return x32_arch_ptrace(child, request, caddr, cdata);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 6408c09..2ebcc60 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
static inline unsigned long get_nr_restart_syscall(const struct pt_regs *regs)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
- if (is_ia32_task())
+ if (in_ia32_syscall())
return __NR_ia32_restart_syscall;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
index bf4db6e..98b4dc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
static inline int sizeof_long(void)
{
- return is_ia32_task() ? 4 : 8;
+ return in_ia32_syscall() ? 4 : 8;
}
static int default_pre_xol_op(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct pt_regs *regs)