From 08ff18e299b1a1c91f4911fe9f35c4550218c73f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland McGrath Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:58:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86: ptrace: do not sign-extend orig_ax on write The high 32 bits of orig_ax will be ignored when it matters, so don't fiddle them when setting it. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath --- arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 19 +------------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c index 8d7d5c9c1be..52222fab99f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -325,16 +325,6 @@ static int putreg(struct task_struct *child, return set_flags(child, value); #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 - /* - * Orig_ax is really just a flag with small positive and - * negative values, so make sure to always sign-extend it - * from 32 bits so that it works correctly regardless of - * whether we come from a 32-bit environment or not. - */ - case offsetof(struct user_regs_struct, orig_ax): - value = (long) (s32) value; - break; - case offsetof(struct user_regs_struct,fs_base): if (value >= TASK_SIZE_OF(child)) return -EIO; @@ -1121,17 +1111,10 @@ static int putreg32(struct task_struct *child, unsigned regno, u32 value) R32(esi, si); R32(ebp, bp); R32(eax, ax); + R32(orig_eax, orig_ax); R32(eip, ip); R32(esp, sp); - case offsetof(struct user32, regs.orig_eax): - /* - * Sign-extend the value so that orig_eax = -1 - * causes (long)orig_ax < 0 tests to fire correctly. - */ - regs->orig_ax = (long) (s32) value; - break; - case offsetof(struct user32, regs.eflags): return set_flags(child, value); -- 2.39.3