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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/kernel/process.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/s390/kernel/process.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/process.c b/arch/s390/kernel/process.c index 89949b9f3cf8..d5119e039d85 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/process.c @@ -91,6 +91,18 @@ int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src) memcpy(dst, src, arch_task_struct_size); dst->thread.fpu.regs = dst->thread.fpu.fprs; + + /* + * Don't transfer over the runtime instrumentation or the guarded + * storage control block pointers. These fields are cleared here instead + * of in copy_thread() to avoid premature freeing of associated memory + * on fork() failure. Wait to clear the RI flag because ->stack still + * refers to the source thread. + */ + dst->thread.ri_cb = NULL; + dst->thread.gs_cb = NULL; + dst->thread.gs_bc_cb = NULL; + return 0; } @@ -150,13 +162,11 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args) frame->childregs.flags = 0; if (new_stackp) frame->childregs.gprs[15] = new_stackp; - - /* Don't copy runtime instrumentation info */ - p->thread.ri_cb = NULL; + /* + * Clear the runtime instrumentation flag after the above childregs + * copy. The CB pointer was already cleared in arch_dup_task_struct(). + */ frame->childregs.psw.mask &= ~PSW_MASK_RI; - /* Don't copy guarded storage control block */ - p->thread.gs_cb = NULL; - p->thread.gs_bc_cb = NULL; /* Set a new TLS ? */ if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS) { |