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From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	<ralf@linux-mips.org>, <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	<deller@gmx.de>,
	"dingtianhong@huawei.com" <dingtianhong@huawei.com>,
	<heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>, <jejb@parisc-linux.org>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@arm.com>,
	"lizefan@huawei.com" <lizefan@huawei.com>,
	Bamvor Jian Zhang <bamvor.zhangjian@huawei.com>,
	<mpe@ellerman.id.au>, <hpa@zytor.com>, <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>,
	<paulus@samba.org>, <tglx@linutronix.de>, <mingo@redhat.com>,
	<davem@davemloft.net>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tile: use si_int instead of si_ptr for compat_siginfo
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:56:17 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55313B31.6040803@ezchip.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150323120253.GA12757@e104818-lin.cambridge.arm.com>

On 03/23/2015 08:02 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
>> @@ -121,8 +119,7 @@ int copy_siginfo_from_user32(siginfo_t *to, struct compat_siginfo __user *from)
>> >  
>> >  	err |= __get_user(to->si_pid, &from->si_pid);
>> >  	err |= __get_user(to->si_uid, &from->si_uid);
>> >-	err |= __get_user(ptr32, &from->si_ptr);
>> >-	to->si_ptr = compat_ptr(ptr32);
>> >+	err |= __get_user(to->si_int, &from->si_int);
> We have a memset(to, 0, sizeof(*to)) on arm64 in this function but I
> can't see it on tile. Some members or even half of si_ptr would be left
> uninitialised.

In the end I added a memset() for the tile compat case like you suggest 
for arm64.

Thanks!

-- 
Chris Metcalf, EZChip Semiconductor
http://www.ezchip.com


  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-04-17 16:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-10 10:10 [PATCH] compat: Fix endian issue in union sigval Zhang Jian(Bamvor)
2015-02-10 12:27 ` Catalin Marinas
2015-02-11 11:22   ` Bamvor Jian Zhang
2015-02-11 15:40     ` Catalin Marinas
2015-02-13  8:00       ` Bamvor Jian Zhang
2015-02-13 10:44         ` Catalin Marinas
2015-02-13 21:56           ` Chris Metcalf
2015-02-14 11:22             ` Catalin Marinas
2015-02-17  6:42               ` Bamvor Jian Zhang
2015-02-21  4:05               ` Chris Metcalf
2015-02-24 21:54               ` Chris Metcalf
2015-02-25 10:37                 ` Catalin Marinas
2015-03-16 19:04                   ` [PATCH] tile: use si_int instead of si_ptr for compat_siginfo Chris Metcalf
2015-03-23 12:02                     ` Catalin Marinas
2015-03-24 20:51                       ` Chris Metcalf
2015-04-17 16:56                       ` Chris Metcalf [this message]
2015-02-17  7:15           ` [PATCH] compat: Fix endian issue in union sigval Bamvor Jian Zhang

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