[PATCH 09/39] powerpc: Reset MSR_LE on signal entry

Anton Blanchard anton at samba.org
Mon Sep 23 12:04:43 EST 2013


We always take signals in big endian which is wrong. Signals
should be taken in native endian.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c | 3 ++-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index bebdf1a..b386b0b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -1045,8 +1045,9 @@ int handle_rt_signal32(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 	regs->gpr[5] = (unsigned long) &rt_sf->uc;
 	regs->gpr[6] = (unsigned long) rt_sf;
 	regs->nip = (unsigned long) ka->sa.sa_handler;
-	/* enter the signal handler in big-endian mode */
+	/* enter the signal handler in native-endian mode */
 	regs->msr &= ~MSR_LE;
+	regs->msr |= (MSR_KERNEL & MSR_LE);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
 	/* Remove TM bits from thread's MSR.  The MSR in the sigcontext
 	 * just indicates to userland that we were doing a transaction, but we
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index f93ec28..8b51b02 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -773,8 +773,9 @@ int handle_rt_signal64(int signr, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 
 	/* Set up "regs" so we "return" to the signal handler. */
 	err |= get_user(regs->nip, &funct_desc_ptr->entry);
-	/* enter the signal handler in big-endian mode */
+	/* enter the signal handler in native-endian mode */
 	regs->msr &= ~MSR_LE;
+	regs->msr |= (MSR_KERNEL & MSR_LE);
 	regs->gpr[1] = newsp;
 	err |= get_user(regs->gpr[2], &funct_desc_ptr->toc);
 	regs->gpr[3] = signr;
-- 
1.8.1.2



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