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-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/signal.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
index 140e340569c..61eb0c8a6e4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, struct _fpstate __user *fpstate,
int tmp, err = 0;
tmp = 0;
- __asm__("movl %%gs,%0" : "=r"(tmp): "0"(tmp));
+ savesegment(gs, tmp);
err |= __put_user(tmp, (unsigned int __user *)&sc->gs);
- __asm__("movl %%fs,%0" : "=r"(tmp): "0"(tmp));
+ savesegment(fs, tmp);
err |= __put_user(tmp, (unsigned int __user *)&sc->fs);
err |= __put_user(regs->xes, (unsigned int __user *)&sc->es);
@@ -604,7 +604,9 @@ int fastcall do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *oldset)
* We want the common case to go fast, which
* is why we may in certain cases get here from
* kernel mode. Just return without doing anything
- * if so.
+ * if so. vm86 regs switched out by assembly code
+ * before reaching here, so testing against kernel
+ * CS suffices.
*/
if (!user_mode(regs))
return 1;