linux/arch
Dmitry Safonov abfb9498ee x86/entry: Rename is_{ia32,x32}_task() to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall()
The is_ia32_task()/is_x32_task() function names are a big misnomer: they
suggests that the compat-ness of a system call is a task property, which
is not true, the compatness of a system call purely depends on how it
was invoked through the system call layer.

A task may call 32-bit and 64-bit and x32 system calls without changing
any of its kernel visible state.

This specific minomer is also actively dangerous, as it might cause kernel
developers to use the wrong kind of security checks within system calls.

So rename it to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall().

Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@virtuozzo.com>
[ Expanded the changelog. ]
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: 0x7f454c46@gmail.com
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1460987025-30360-1-git-send-email-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-04-19 10:44:52 +02:00
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alpha alpha/extable: use generic search and sort routines 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
arc ARC fixes for 4.6-rc4 2016-04-11 12:19:57 -07:00
arm ARM: SoC fixes 2016-04-13 08:57:18 -07:00
arm64 ARM: SoC fixes 2016-04-13 08:57:18 -07:00
avr32 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
blackfin arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
c6x arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
cris Merge branch 'mm-pkeys-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-20 19:08:56 -07:00
frv asm-generic changes for 4.6 2016-03-24 23:13:48 -07:00
h8300 h8300: switch EARLYCON 2016-03-25 01:45:19 +09:00
hexagon Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
ia64 x86/cpufeature: Remove cpu_has_x2apic 2016-03-31 13:35:08 +02:00
m32r Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
m68k Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gerg/m68knommu 2016-04-13 08:58:32 -07:00
metag arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
microblaze arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
mips MIPS: traps.c: Verify the ISA for microMIPS RDHWR emulation 2016-04-04 15:25:34 +02:00
mn10300 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
nios2 nios2: Replace fdt_translate_address with of_flat_dt_translate_address 2016-03-31 08:15:45 +08:00
openrisc arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
parisc Merge branch 'parisc-4.6-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux 2016-04-15 14:51:45 -07:00
powerpc Merge branch 'PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-removal' 2016-04-04 10:50:24 -07:00
s390 Miscellaneous bugfixes. ARM and s390 are new from the merge window, 2016-04-05 16:16:00 -07:00
score Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
sh sh: fix function signature of cpu_coregroup_mask to match pointer type 2016-03-30 00:47:49 +00:00
sparc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc 2016-03-28 15:14:11 -05:00
tile Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile 2016-03-28 15:04:55 -05:00
um fs/coredump: prevent fsuid=0 dumps into user-controlled directories 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
unicore32 Merge branch 'mm-pkeys-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-20 19:08:56 -07:00
x86 x86/entry: Rename is_{ia32,x32}_task() to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall() 2016-04-19 10:44:52 +02:00
xtensa Xtensa improvements for 4.6: 2016-03-20 12:22:07 -07:00
.gitignore
Kconfig objtool: Add CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION option 2016-02-29 08:35:13 +01:00