Re: [PATCH] x86: Clear DF before calling signal handler

Ingo Molnar
2008-03-06T09:21:50Z

* Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> wrote:

> The Linux kernel currently does not clear the direction flag before
> calling a signal handler, whereas the x86/x86-64 ABI requires that.
> This become a real problem with gcc version 4.3, which assumes that
> the direction flag is correctly cleared at the entry of a function.
>
> This patches changes the setup_frame() functions to clear the
> direction before entering the signal handler.

thanks, applied.

Ingo