From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Meredydd Luff <meredydd@senatehouse.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>,
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call (v2)
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:30:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5019BC0E.4010109@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD=T17Esguer01OsrxMtqEcHKZ-Ovg05+MxSdF7NhXENsUubgg@mail.gmail.com>
On 08/01/2012 04:09 PM, Meredydd Luff wrote:
>>> #
>>> # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
>>
>> I think that should be common, not 64 (as should kcmp be).
>
> I copied the original execve, which is 64.
>
Sorry, you're right. The argument vector needs compatibility support.
This means you need an x32 version of the function -- execve
unfortunately is one of the few system calls which require a special x32
version (although it's a simple wrapper around sys32_execve). See
sys_x32_execve.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-01 23:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-01 22:10 [PATCH] [RFC] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call (v2) Meredydd Luff
2012-08-01 22:53 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-01 23:09 ` Meredydd Luff
2012-08-01 23:30 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-08-01 23:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <CAD=T17GaEMU_PDDvaJ9GVRUtzTZ069AN2yTuX6=rVo6jNO+6oA@mail.gmail.com>
2012-08-02 0:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-02 6:55 ` Al Viro
2012-08-02 9:14 ` Meredydd Luff
2012-08-02 10:30 ` Al Viro
2012-08-02 10:51 ` Meredydd Luff
2012-08-09 19:19 ` Andy Lutomirski
2012-08-09 20:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
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