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The ia32_compat attribute is a weird thing. It mirrors TIF_IA32 and TIF_X32 and is used only in two very unrelated places: (1) to decide if the vsyscall page is accessible (2) for uprobes to find whether the patched instruction is 32 or 64 bit. In preparation to remove the TIF flags, a new mechanism is required for ia32_compat, but given its odd semantics, adding a real flags field which configures these specific behaviours is the best option. So, set_personality_x64() can ask for the vsyscall page, which is not available in x32/ia32 and set_personality_ia32() can configure the uprobe code as needed. uprobe cannot rely on other methods like user_64bit_mode() to decide how to patch, so it needs some specific flag like this. Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@collabora.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski<luto@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201004032536.1229030-10-krisman@collabora.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.