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-rw-r--r--fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c25
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index e4eb472558c..9eee649449a 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ error_kill:
#endif
/*
- * present useful information to the program
+ * present useful information to the program by shovelling it onto the new
+ * process's stack
*/
static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -482,9 +483,13 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
int loop;
int nr; /* reset for each csp adjustment */
- /* we're going to shovel a whole load of stuff onto the stack */
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
- sp = bprm->p;
+ /* In some cases (e.g. Hyper-Threading), we want to avoid L1 evictions
+ * by the processes running on the same package. One thing we can do is
+ * to shuffle the initial stack for them, so we give the architecture
+ * an opportunity to do so here.
+ */
+ sp = arch_align_stack(bprm->p);
#else
sp = mm->start_stack;
@@ -527,20 +532,6 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
return -EFAULT;
}
-#if defined(__i386__) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
- /* in some cases (e.g. Hyper-Threading), we want to avoid L1 evictions
- * by the processes running on the same package. One thing we can do is
- * to shuffle the initial stack for them.
- *
- * the conditionals here are unneeded, but kept in to make the code
- * behaviour the same as pre change unless we have hyperthreaded
- * processors. This keeps Mr Marcelo Person happier but should be
- * removed for 2.5
- */
- if (smp_num_siblings > 1)
- sp = sp - ((current->pid % 64) << 7);
-#endif
-
sp &= ~7UL;
/* stack the load map(s) */