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x32: Make sure TS_COMPAT is cleared for x32 tasks 

If a process has a non-x32 ia32 personality and changes to x32, the
process would keep its TS_COMPAT flag. x32 uses the presence of the
x32 flag on a syscall to determine compat status, so make sure
TS_COMPAT is cleared.

Signed-off-by: Bobby Powers <bobbypowers@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1330230338-25077-1-git-send-email-bobbypowers@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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Bobby Powers 2012-02-25 23:25:38 -05:00 committed by H. Peter Anvin
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@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ void set_personality_ia32(bool x32)
clear_thread_flag(TIF_IA32);
set_thread_flag(TIF_X32);
current->personality &= ~READ_IMPLIES_EXEC;
/* is_compat_task() uses the presence of the x32
syscall bit flag to determine compat status */
current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_COMPAT;
} else {
set_thread_flag(TIF_IA32);
clear_thread_flag(TIF_X32);