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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2014-05-21 10:22:59 -0700 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-08-07 16:53:52 -0700 |
| commit | 4a4545cd24e90b942a46c99a7c4f40c60ab54b13 (patch) | |
| tree | 995286ad2ded62d31c38da2754fe83111b117440 | |
| parent | d7bbbf4552fc9d1c6483b305839f89d3943ee189 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-4a4545cd24e90b942a46c99a7c4f40c60ab54b13.tar.gz lwn-4a4545cd24e90b942a46c99a7c4f40c60ab54b13.zip | |
Revert "x86-64, modify_ldt: Make support for 16-bit segments a runtime option"
commit 7ed6fb9b5a5510e4ef78ab27419184741169978a upstream.
This reverts commit fa81511bb0bbb2b1aace3695ce869da9762624ff in
preparation of merging in the proper fix (espfix64).
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c index dcbbaa165bde..af1d14a9ebda 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c @@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ #include <asm/mmu_context.h> #include <asm/syscalls.h> -int sysctl_ldt16 = 0; - #ifdef CONFIG_SMP static void flush_ldt(void *current_mm) { @@ -236,7 +234,7 @@ static int write_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount, int oldmode) * IRET leaking the high bits of the kernel stack address. */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 - if (!ldt_info.seg_32bit && !sysctl_ldt16) { + if (!ldt_info.seg_32bit) { error = -EINVAL; goto out_unlock; } diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c index 310c5f0dbef1..3adf2e6ad7d6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c +++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 #define vdso_enabled sysctl_vsyscall32 #define arch_setup_additional_pages syscall32_setup_pages -extern int sysctl_ldt16; #endif /* @@ -251,13 +250,6 @@ static struct ctl_table abi_table2[] = { .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = proc_dointvec }, - { - .procname = "ldt16", - .data = &sysctl_ldt16, - .maxlen = sizeof(int), - .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec - }, {} }; |