x86: clear DF before calling signal handler
authorAurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:14:24 +0000 (19:14 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:39:14 +0000 (16:39 +0100)
The Linux kernel currently does not clear the direction flag before
calling a signal handler, whereas the x86/x86-64 ABI requires that.

Linux had this behavior/bug forever, but this becomes 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.

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

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