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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c index 15a329da59fa..950a48b2e366 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void) wait(&status); if (WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGTRAP) { - unsigned long gs, base; + unsigned long gs; unsigned long gs_offset = USER_REGS_OFFSET(gs); unsigned long base_offset = USER_REGS_OFFSET(gs_base); @@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void) err(1, "PTRACE_POKEUSER"); gs = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, child, gs_offset, NULL); - base = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, child, base_offset, NULL); /* * In a non-FSGSBASE system, the nonzero selector will load @@ -489,11 +488,21 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void) * selector value is changed or not by the GSBASE write in * a ptracer. */ - if (gs == 0 && base == 0xFF) { - printf("[OK]\tGS was reset as expected\n"); - } else { + if (gs != *shared_scratch) { nerrs++; - printf("[FAIL]\tGS=0x%lx, GSBASE=0x%lx (should be 0, 0xFF)\n", gs, base); + printf("[FAIL]\tGS changed to %lx\n", gs); + + /* + * On older kernels, poking a nonzero value into the + * base would zero the selector. On newer kernels, + * this behavior has changed -- poking the base + * changes only the base and, if FSGSBASE is not + * available, this may not effect. + */ + if (gs == 0) + printf("\tNote: this is expected behavior on older kernels.\n"); + } else { + printf("[OK]\tGS remained 0x%hx\n", *shared_scratch); } } |