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* bug in syscal arg sign extension
@ 2004-08-27  1:08 David S. Miller
  2004-08-27 15:52 ` Andi Kleen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2004-08-27  1:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-arch


Remember this topic long ago?

Anyways, there was a bug in my sparc64 code and it causes all
kinds of trouble for logging daemons.  I was sign extending
the buffer pointer arg instead of the length arg to sys_syslog()
Ooops!
 :-)

Fix attached in cases anyone was doing work for the platform
based upon my sparc64 stuff.

===== arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S 1.9 vs edited =====
--- 1.9/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S	2004-06-03 14:51:21 -07:00
+++ edited/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S	2004-08-26 17:49:39 -07:00
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 SIGN2(sys32_setpgid, sys_setpgid, %o0, %o1)
 SIGN3(sys32_setpriority, sys_setpriority, %o0, %o1, %o2)
 SIGN1(sys32_ssetmask, sys_ssetmask, %o0)
-SIGN2(sys32_syslog, sys_syslog, %o0, %o1)
+SIGN2(sys32_syslog, sys_syslog, %o0, %o2)
 SIGN1(sys32_umask, sys_umask, %o0)
 SIGN3(sys32_tgkill, sys_tgkill, %o0, %o1, %o2)
 SIGN1(sys32_sendto, sys_sendto, %o0)

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* Re: bug in syscal arg sign extension
  2004-08-27  1:08 bug in syscal arg sign extension David S. Miller
@ 2004-08-27 15:52 ` Andi Kleen
  2004-08-27 19:27   ` David S. Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andi Kleen @ 2004-08-27 15:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller; +Cc: linux-arch

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 06:08:02PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> 
> Remember this topic long ago?
> 
> Anyways, there was a bug in my sparc64 code and it causes all
> kinds of trouble for logging daemons.  I was sign extending
> the buffer pointer arg instead of the length arg to sys_syslog()
> Ooops!
>  :-)
> 
> Fix attached in cases anyone was doing work for the platform
> based upon my sparc64 stuff.

Thanks for the hint. From a quick look at your list I think
there are several bugs on x86-64.

But some entries I don't understand. e.g. why are you sign
extending open or prctl? 

-Andi


> 
> ===== arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S 1.9 vs edited =====
> --- 1.9/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S	2004-06-03 14:51:21 -07:00
> +++ edited/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys32.S	2004-08-26 17:49:39 -07:00
> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
>  SIGN2(sys32_setpgid, sys_setpgid, %o0, %o1)
>  SIGN3(sys32_setpriority, sys_setpriority, %o0, %o1, %o2)
>  SIGN1(sys32_ssetmask, sys_ssetmask, %o0)
> -SIGN2(sys32_syslog, sys_syslog, %o0, %o1)
> +SIGN2(sys32_syslog, sys_syslog, %o0, %o2)
>  SIGN1(sys32_umask, sys_umask, %o0)
>  SIGN3(sys32_tgkill, sys_tgkill, %o0, %o1, %o2)
>  SIGN1(sys32_sendto, sys_sendto, %o0)

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* Re: bug in syscal arg sign extension
  2004-08-27 15:52 ` Andi Kleen
@ 2004-08-27 19:27   ` David S. Miller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2004-08-27 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andi Kleen; +Cc: linux-arch

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:52:47 +0200
Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote:

> But some entries I don't understand. e.g. why are you sign
> extending open or prctl? 

Just for completeness.

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