From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264061AbTFPRtX (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:49:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264066AbTFPRtS (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:49:18 -0400 Received: from rth.ninka.net ([216.101.162.244]:29569 "EHLO rth.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264061AbTFPRtE (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:49:04 -0400 Subject: Re: force_successful_syscall_return() buggy? From: "David S. Miller" To: Russell King Cc: davidm@hpl.hp.com, Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20030616185549.E13312@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20030615193604.L5417@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <16110.147.422432.486761@napali.hpl.hp.com> <20030616185549.E13312@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1055786555.22118.0.camel@rth.ninka.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 16 Jun 2003 11:02:35 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 10:55, Russell King wrote: > I'm not actually talking about subsequent syscalls issued by the kernel. > I'm talking about stuff like init, bash, and the module tools. Wrong, after the go for the first time into user space, the next trap into the kernel will put the pt_regs at the top at the stack where we expect it to be. -- David S. Miller