[tip:x86/fpu] x86/mpx: Allow 32-bit binaries on 64-bit kernels again

From: tip-bot for Dave Hansen
Date: Tue Jun 09 2015 - 08:37:04 EST


Commit-ID: 97ac46a5087eaf87fd76ff7bb31ec9c896010442
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/97ac46a5087eaf87fd76ff7bb31ec9c896010442
Author: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:37:06 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 12:24:34 +0200

x86/mpx: Allow 32-bit binaries on 64-bit kernels again

Now that the bugs in mixed mode MPX handling are fixed, re-allow
32-bit binaries on 64-bit kernels again.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150607183706.70277DAD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/mpx.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
index 6233d51..7a657f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
@@ -367,12 +367,6 @@ static __user void *mpx_get_bounds_dir(void)
return MPX_INVALID_BOUNDS_DIR;

/*
- * 32-bit binaries on 64-bit kernels are currently
- * unsupported.
- */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64) && test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32))
- return MPX_INVALID_BOUNDS_DIR;
- /*
* The bounds directory pointer is stored in a register
* only accessible if we first do an xsave.
*/
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