From 55474c48b4726fd3914c1ec47fced0f931729979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 11:02:34 +0200 Subject: x86/asm/entry: Remove user_mode_ignore_vm86() user_mode_ignore_vm86() can be used instead of user_mode(), in places where we have already done a v8086_mode() security check of ptregs. But doing this check in the wrong place would be a bug that could result in security problems, and also the naming still isn't very clear. Furthermore, it only affects 32-bit kernels, while most development happens on 64-bit kernels. If we replace them with user_mode() checks then the cost is only a very minor increase in various slowpaths: text data bss dec hex filename 10573391 703562 1753042 13029995 c6d26b vmlinux.o.before 10573423 703562 1753042 13030027 c6d28b vmlinux.o.after So lets get rid of this distinction once and for all. Acked-by: Borislav Petkov Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Andrew Lutomirski Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Brad Spengler Cc: Denys Vlasenko Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150329090233.GA1963@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c index 56f7e60..e2888a3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c @@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ static unsigned long code_segment_base(struct pt_regs *regs) if (regs->flags & X86_VM_MASK) return 0x10 * regs->cs; - if (user_mode_ignore_vm86(regs) && regs->cs != __USER_CS) + if (user_mode(regs) && regs->cs != __USER_CS) return get_segment_base(regs->cs); #else if (user_mode(regs) && !user_64bit_mode(regs) && -- cgit v1.1