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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:27:49 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-11 08:27:49 +0000 |
commit | ace9429bb58fd418f0c81d4c2835699bddf6bde6 (patch) | |
tree | b2d64bc10158fdd5497876388cd68142ca374ed3 /arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 6.6.15.upstream/6.6.15
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5657b7a49f --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ucontext.h @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */ +#ifndef _ASM_X86_UCONTEXT_H +#define _ASM_X86_UCONTEXT_H + +/* + * Indicates the presence of extended state information in the memory + * layout pointed by the fpstate pointer in the ucontext's sigcontext + * struct (uc_mcontext). + */ +#define UC_FP_XSTATE 0x1 + +#ifdef __x86_64__ +/* + * UC_SIGCONTEXT_SS will be set when delivering 64-bit or x32 signals on + * kernels that save SS in the sigcontext. All kernels that set + * UC_SIGCONTEXT_SS will correctly restore at least the low 32 bits of esp + * regardless of SS (i.e. they implement espfix). + * + * Kernels that set UC_SIGCONTEXT_SS will also set UC_STRICT_RESTORE_SS + * when delivering a signal that came from 64-bit code. + * + * Sigreturn restores SS as follows: + * + * if (saved SS is valid || UC_STRICT_RESTORE_SS is set || + * saved CS is not 64-bit) + * new SS = saved SS (will fail IRET and signal if invalid) + * else + * new SS = a flat 32-bit data segment + * + * This behavior serves three purposes: + * + * - Legacy programs that construct a 64-bit sigcontext from scratch + * with zero or garbage in the SS slot (e.g. old CRIU) and call + * sigreturn will still work. + * + * - Old DOSEMU versions sometimes catch a signal from a segmented + * context, delete the old SS segment (with modify_ldt), and change + * the saved CS to a 64-bit segment. These DOSEMU versions expect + * sigreturn to send them back to 64-bit mode without killing them, + * despite the fact that the SS selector when the signal was raised is + * no longer valid. UC_STRICT_RESTORE_SS will be clear, so the kernel + * will fix up SS for these DOSEMU versions. + * + * - Old and new programs that catch a signal and return without + * modifying the saved context will end up in exactly the state they + * started in, even if they were running in a segmented context when + * the signal was raised.. Old kernels would lose track of the + * previous SS value. + */ +#define UC_SIGCONTEXT_SS 0x2 +#define UC_STRICT_RESTORE_SS 0x4 +#endif + +#include <asm-generic/ucontext.h> + +#endif /* _ASM_X86_UCONTEXT_H */ |