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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2014-06-12 00:27:11 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2014-06-12 00:28:09 -0400
commit9c1d5284c79fea050f115eadeec1dd1758e5c630 (patch)
tree4d16fd5aad7ff4931e985c0128c5747f23561f8a /arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
parent5f073850602084fbcbb987948ff3e70ae273f7d2 (diff)
parent9f12600fe425bc28f0ccba034a77783c09c15af4 (diff)
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Merge commit '9f12600fe425bc28f0ccba034a77783c09c15af4' into for-linus
Backmerge of dcache.c changes from mainline. It's that, or complete rebase... Conflicts: fs/splice.c Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
index af1d14a9ebda..dcbbaa165bde 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
#include <asm/syscalls.h>
+int sysctl_ldt16 = 0;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
static void flush_ldt(void *current_mm)
{
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ 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) {
+ if (!ldt_info.seg_32bit && !sysctl_ldt16) {
error = -EINVAL;
goto out_unlock;
}