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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-02-24 16:11:51 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-02-24 16:11:51 -0800
commit638bee71c83a2837b48062fdc5b222163cf53d79 (patch)
tree9c1699c07a5aa547d769138317279b8ee1ba89e8 /kernel/fork.c
parent2aaa822984b97efd894d10d1e1382206ef0291a7 (diff)
parenta852cbfaaf8122827602027b1614971cfd832304 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/core' into x86/mce2
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/fork.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index a66fbde2071..8de303bdd4e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <trace/sched.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -212,6 +213,8 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig)
{
struct task_struct *tsk;
struct thread_info *ti;
+ unsigned long *stackend;
+
int err;
prepare_to_copy(orig);
@@ -237,6 +240,8 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig)
goto out;
setup_thread_stack(tsk, orig);
+ stackend = end_of_stack(tsk);
+ *stackend = STACK_END_MAGIC; /* for overflow detection */
#ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
tsk->stack_canary = get_random_int();