Re: [PATCHv3] x86/mm: set x32 syscall bit in SET_PERSONALITY()

From	hpa@zytor.com
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Subject	Re: [PATCHv3] x86/mm: set x32 syscall bit in SET_PERSONALITY()
Date	2017-03-21 23:30 +0100
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On March 21, 2017 3:21:13 PM PDT, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Mar 2017, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
>> v3:
>> - clear x32 syscall flag during x32 -> x86-64 exec() (thanks, HPA).
>
>For correctness sake, this wants to be cleared in the IA32 path as
>well. It's not causing any harm, but ....
>
>I'll amend the patch.
>
>Thanks,
>
>	tglx

Since the i386 syscall namespace is totally separate (and different), should we simply change the system call number to the appropriate sys_execve number?
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Re: [PATCHv3] x86/mm: set x32 syscall bit in SET_PERSONALITY() hpa@zytor.com - 2017-03-21 23:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCHv3] x86/mm: set x32 syscall bit in SET_PERSONALITY() Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-03-21 23:40 +0100

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