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Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace

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On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
> Let me first thank Pedro who has already replied!
>
> And I have to admit I will need to re-read his explanations after
> sleep to (try to) convince myself I fully understans the problems ;)
> Too late for me.
>
> Right now I have nothing to add, but
>
> On 06/18, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>
>> @@ -922,16 +922,7 @@ static int putreg32(struct task_struct *child, unsigned regno, u32 value)
>>       R32(esp, sp);
>>
>>       case offsetof(struct user32, regs.orig_eax):
>> -             /*
>> -              * A 32-bit debugger setting orig_eax means to restore
>> -              * the state of the task restarting a 32-bit syscall.
>> -              * Make sure we interpret the -ERESTART* codes correctly
>> -              * in case the task is not actually still sitting at the
>> -              * exit from a 32-bit syscall with TS_COMPAT still set.
>> -              */
>>               regs->orig_ax = value;
>> -             if (syscall_get_nr(child, regs) >= 0)
>> -                     task_thread_info(child)->status |= TS_COMPAT;
>
> I agree it would be nice to remove this code, but then it is not clear
> how/when we should sign-extend regs->ax..
>
> And this leads to another question, why do we actually need to set/clear
> TS_COMPAT in set_personality_ia32() ??

I have no idea.  Legacy junk?  Maybe so audit sees execution of a
64-bit task as a 64-bit sys_execve return even if the task was 32-bit
before execve?

--Andy

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[PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-18 12:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net> - 2016-06-18 16:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> - 2016-06-18 16:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-18 19:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-20 00:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net> - 2016-06-20 12:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in  ptrace Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-20 18:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-20 18:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in  ptrace Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-20 19:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-20 19:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net> - 2016-06-20 12:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 2016-06-20 13:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-06-18 19:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-20 00:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in  ptrace Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-20 00:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in ptrace Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-20 08:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] x86/ptrace: Remove questionable TS_COMPAT usage in  ptrace Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-20 18:40 +0200
      the usage of __SYSCALL_MASK in entry_SYSCALL_64/do_syscall_64 is not  consistent Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-20 20:10 +0200
        Re: the usage of __SYSCALL_MASK in entry_SYSCALL_64/do_syscall_64 is  not consistent Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-06-21 21:10 +0200

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