[PATCH] [48/50] x86_64: return correct error code from child_rip in x86_64 entry.S

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Date: Friday, September 21, 2007 - 6:32 pm

From: Andrey Mirkin <major@openvz.org>

Right now register edi is just cleared before calling do_exit.
That is wrong because correct return value will be ignored.
Value from rax should be copied to rdi instead of clearing edi.

AK: changed to 32bit move because it's strictly an int

Signed-off-by: Andrey Mirkin <major@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

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 arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ child_rip:
 	movq %rsi, %rdi
 	call *%rax
 	# exit
-	xorl %edi, %edi
+	mov %eax, %edi
 	call do_exit
 	CFI_ENDPROC
 ENDPROC(child_rip)
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[PATCH] [0/50] x86 2.6.24 patches review II, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:31 pm)
[PATCH] [50/50] x86_64: Remove fpu io port resource, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [48/50] x86_64: return correct error code from child..., Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [42/50] i386: constify wd_ops, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [40/50] i386: Fix section mismatch, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [36/50] x86: Use raw locks during oopses, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [34/50] i386: Fix argument signedness warnings, Jan Engelhardt, (Sat Sep 22, 6:01 am)
[PATCH] [30/50] x86_64: remove some dead code, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [28/50] i386: remove stub early_printk.c, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [22/50] i386: Misc cpuinit annotations, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [21/50] i386: Misc cpuinit annotations, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [17/50] x86_64: remove STR() macros, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [6/50] i386: clean up oops/bug reports, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [6/50] i386: clean up oops/bug reports, Chuck Ebbert, (Fri Sep 21, 6:41 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [6/50] i386: clean up oops/bug reports, Jan Engelhardt, (Sat Sep 22, 5:47 am)
[PATCH] [8/50] x86_64: remove x86_cpu_to_log_apicid, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
[PATCH] [5/50] i386: change order in Kconfig.cpu, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu, Thomas Gleixner, (Sat Sep 22, 1:50 pm)
Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu, Jan Engelhardt, (Sat Sep 22, 5:46 am)
[PATCH] [3/50] x86_64: remove never used apic_mapped, Andi Kleen, (Fri Sep 21, 6:32 pm)