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i386: iret exception must use SIGILL

PATCH New Jan Beulich 1 participant 1 message Dec 13, 2007 x86

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PATCH 1/1 i386: iret exception must use SIGILL

.. since it uses ILL_BADSTK (which is meaningless in the context of SIGSEGV).

 arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c +1 -1
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ DO_ERROR(10, SIGSEGV, "invalid TSS", inv
 DO_ERROR(11, SIGBUS,  "segment not present", segment_not_present)
 DO_ERROR(12, SIGBUS,  "stack segment", stack_segment)
 DO_ERROR_INFO(17, SIGBUS, "alignment check", alignment_check, BUS_ADRALN, 0, 0)
-DO_ERROR_INFO(32, SIGSEGV, "iret exception", iret_error, ILL_BADSTK, 0, 1)
+DO_ERROR_INFO(32, SIGILL, "iret exception", iret_error, ILL_BADSTK, 0, 1)
 
 fastcall void __kprobes do_general_protection(struct pt_regs * regs,
 					      long error_code)