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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index d7d1c7d20e4..848f73f0954 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -588,24 +588,34 @@ ldt_ss:
jne restore_nocheck
#endif
- /* If returning to userspace with 16bit stack,
- * try to fix the higher word of ESP, as the CPU
- * won't restore it.
- * This is an "official" bug of all the x86-compatible
- * CPUs, which we can try to work around to make
- * dosemu and wine happy. */
- movl PT_OLDESP(%esp), %eax
- movl %esp, %edx
- call patch_espfix_desc
+/*
+ * Setup and switch to ESPFIX stack
+ *
+ * We're returning to userspace with a 16 bit stack. The CPU will not
+ * restore the high word of ESP for us on executing iret... This is an
+ * "official" bug of all the x86-compatible CPUs, which we can work
+ * around to make dosemu and wine happy. We do this by preloading the
+ * high word of ESP with the high word of the userspace ESP while
+ * compensating for the offset by changing to the ESPFIX segment with
+ * a base address that matches for the difference.
+ */
+ mov %esp, %edx /* load kernel esp */
+ mov PT_OLDESP(%esp), %eax /* load userspace esp */
+ mov %dx, %ax /* eax: new kernel esp */
+ sub %eax, %edx /* offset (low word is 0) */
+ PER_CPU(gdt_page, %ebx)
+ shr $16, %edx
+ mov %dl, GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS * 8 + 4(%ebx) /* bits 16..23 */
+ mov %dh, GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS * 8 + 7(%ebx) /* bits 24..31 */
pushl $__ESPFIX_SS
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
- pushl %eax
+ push %eax /* new kernel esp */
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
/* Disable interrupts, but do not irqtrace this section: we
* will soon execute iret and the tracer was already set to
* the irqstate after the iret */
DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_EAX)
- lss (%esp), %esp
+ lss (%esp), %esp /* switch to espfix segment */
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET -8
jmp restore_nocheck
CFI_ENDPROC
@@ -718,15 +728,24 @@ PTREGSCALL(vm86)
PTREGSCALL(vm86old)
.macro FIXUP_ESPFIX_STACK
- /* since we are on a wrong stack, we cant make it a C code :( */
+/*
+ * Switch back for ESPFIX stack to the normal zerobased stack
+ *
+ * We can't call C functions using the ESPFIX stack. This code reads
+ * the high word of the segment base from the GDT and swiches to the
+ * normal stack and adjusts ESP with the matching offset.
+ */
+ /* fixup the stack */
PER_CPU(gdt_page, %ebx)
- GET_DESC_BASE(GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS, %ebx, %eax, %ax, %al, %ah)
- addl %esp, %eax
+ mov GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS * 8 + 4(%ebx), %al /* bits 16..23 */
+ mov GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS * 8 + 7(%ebx), %ah /* bits 24..31 */
+ shl $16, %eax
+ addl %esp, %eax /* the adjusted stack pointer */
pushl $__KERNEL_DS
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
pushl %eax
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
- lss (%esp), %esp
+ lss (%esp), %esp /* switch to the normal stack segment */
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET -8
.endm
.macro UNWIND_ESPFIX_STACK