[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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