2.4.17: sys_sigsuspend does not return value

Hi!

asmlinkage int
sys_sigsuspend(int history0, int history1, old_sigset_t mask)

{
        struct pt_regs * regs = (struct pt_regs *) &history0;
        sigset_t saveset;

        mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
        spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
        saveset = current->blocked;
        siginitset(&current->blocked, mask);
        recalc_sigpending(current);
        spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);

        regs->eax = -EINTR;
        while (1) {
                current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
                schedule();
                if (do_signal(regs, &saveset))
                        return -EINTR;
        }
}

...Which looks to me like it returns something undefined when do_signal returns 0. What prevents gcc from having "top secret" value in eax, and from returning that value to userspace?
Pavel

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Pavel Machek <[email protected]> writes:

|> Hi!
|> 
|> >From 2.4.17:
|> 
|> asmlinkage int
|> sys_sigsuspend(int history0, int history1, old_sigset_t mask)
|> {
|>         struct pt_regs * regs = (struct pt_regs *) &history0;
|>         sigset_t saveset;
|> 
|>         mask &= _BLOCKABLE;
|>         spin_lock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
|>         saveset = current->blocked;
|>         siginitset(&current->blocked, mask);
|>         recalc_sigpending(current);
|>         spin_unlock_irq(&current->sigmask_lock);
|> 
|>         regs->eax = -EINTR;
|>         while (1) {
           ^^^^^^^^^
|>                 current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
|>                 schedule();
|>                 if (do_signal(regs, &saveset))
|>                         return -EINTR;
|>         }
|> }
|> 
|> ...Which looks to me like it returns something undefined when
|> do_signal returns 0.

There is only one return path from this function.

Andreas.

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