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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-11-02 09:45:39 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-11-02 09:45:39 -0700
commitde0a5345a55b8dd5a4695181275df0e691176830 (patch)
tree17530e824f7f46ce0b1757657179fb5957a6add5 /arch/x86/um/os-Linux/tls.c
parent994c0e992522c123298b4a91b72f5e67ba2d1123 (diff)
parent8535639810e578960233ad39def3ac2157b0c3ec (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://github.com/richardweinberger/linux
* 'for-linus' of git://github.com/richardweinberger/linux: (90 commits) um: fix ubd cow size um: Fix kmalloc argument order in um/vdso/vma.c um: switch to use of drivers/Kconfig UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt: fix a typo UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt: remove ^H characters um: we need sys/user.h only on i386 um: merge delay_{32,64}.c um: distribute exports to where exported stuff is defined um: kill system-um.h um: generic ftrace.h will do... um: segment.h is x86-only and needed only there um: asm/pda.h is not needed anymore um: hw_irq.h can go generic as well um: switch to generic-y um: clean Kconfig up a bit um: a couple of missing dependencies... um: kill useless argument of free_chan() and free_one_chan() um: unify ptrace_user.h um: unify KSTK_... um: fix gcov build breakage ...
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diff --git a/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/tls.c b/arch/x86/um/os-Linux/tls.c
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+#include <errno.h>
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "sysdep/tls.h"
+
+#ifndef PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA
+#define PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA 25
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA
+#define PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA 26
+#endif
+
+/* Checks whether host supports TLS, and sets *tls_min according to the value
+ * valid on the host.
+ * i386 host have it == 6; x86_64 host have it == 12, for i386 emulation. */
+void check_host_supports_tls(int *supports_tls, int *tls_min)
+{
+ /* Values for x86 and x86_64.*/
+ int val[] = {GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN_I386, GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN_X86_64};
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(val); i++) {
+ user_desc_t info;
+ info.entry_number = val[i];
+
+ if (syscall(__NR_get_thread_area, &info) == 0) {
+ *tls_min = val[i];
+ *supports_tls = 1;
+ return;
+ } else {
+ if (errno == EINVAL)
+ continue;
+ else if (errno == ENOSYS)
+ *supports_tls = 0;
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
+ *supports_tls = 0;
+}
+
+int os_set_thread_area(user_desc_t *info, int pid)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = ptrace(PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA, pid, info->entry_number,
+ (unsigned long) info);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ret = -errno;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int os_get_thread_area(user_desc_t *info, int pid)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = ptrace(PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA, pid, info->entry_number,
+ (unsigned long) info);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ret = -errno;
+ return ret;
+}