Merge commit 'v3.2-rc6' into perf/core

Merge reason: Update with the latest fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 8ce247a..d54c6e5 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -519,10 +519,26 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long orig_i0)
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 
+	/* It's a lot of work and synchronization to add a new ptrace
+	 * register for GDB to save and restore in order to get
+	 * orig_i0 correct for syscall restarts when debugging.
+	 *
+	 * Although it should be the case that most of the global
+	 * registers are volatile across a system call, glibc already
+	 * depends upon that fact that we preserve them.  So we can't
+	 * just use any global register to save away the orig_i0 value.
+	 *
+	 * In particular %g2, %g3, %g4, and %g5 are all assumed to be
+	 * preserved across a system call trap by various pieces of
+	 * code in glibc.
+	 *
+	 * %g7 is used as the "thread register".   %g6 is not used in
+	 * any fixed manner.  %g6 is used as a scratch register and
+	 * a compiler temporary, but it's value is never used across
+	 * a system call.  Therefore %g6 is usable for orig_i0 storage.
+	 */
 	if (pt_regs_is_syscall(regs) && (regs->psr & PSR_C))
-		restart_syscall = 1;
-	else
-		restart_syscall = 0;
+		regs->u_regs[UREG_G6] = orig_i0;
 
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
 		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
@@ -535,8 +551,12 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long orig_i0)
 	 * the software "in syscall" bit, directing us to not perform
 	 * a syscall restart.
 	 */
-	if (restart_syscall && !pt_regs_is_syscall(regs))
-		restart_syscall = 0;
+	restart_syscall = 0;
+	if (pt_regs_is_syscall(regs) && (regs->psr & PSR_C)) {
+		restart_syscall = 1;
+		orig_i0 = regs->u_regs[UREG_G6];
+	}
+
 
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		if (restart_syscall)