Aurelien Jarno wrote:
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> The Linux kernel currently does not clear the direction flag before
> calling a signal handler, whereas the x86/x86-64 ABI requires that.
> This become a real problem with gcc version 4.3, which assumes that
> the direction flag is correctly cleared at the entry of a function.
> 
> This patches changes the setup_frame() functions to clear the
> direction before entering the signal handler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

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