On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Julian Elischer wrote:
>
> Here's my first patch..
> I'd suggest this (along with man page change) to go in first
> for a while before we break people's code.
>
> cvs server: Diffing .
> Index: sys_machdep.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/i386/sys_machdep.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.86
> diff -u -r1.86 sys_machdep.c
> --- sys_machdep.c 31 Jul 2003 08:20:24 -0000 1.86
> +++ sys_machdep.c 1 Aug 2003 23:58:29 -0000
> @@ -410,6 +410,9 @@
> return(error);
> }
>
> +static int ldt_warnings;
> +#define NUM_LDT_WARNINGS 10
> +
> static int
> i386_set_ldt(td, args)
> struct thread *td;
> @@ -441,7 +444,7 @@
> uap->start = NLDT;
> uap->num = MAX_LD - NLDT;
> }
> - if (uap->start < NLDT || uap->num <= 0)
> + if (uap->start <= LUDATA_SEL || uap->num <= 0)
> return (EINVAL);
> mtx_lock_spin(&sched_lock);
> pldt = mdp->md_ldt;
> @@ -460,10 +463,16 @@
> }
>
> if (!(uap->start == 0 && uap->num == 1)) {
> + /* complain a for a while if using old methods */
> + if (ldt_warnings++ < NUM_LDT_WARNINGS) {
> + printf("Warning: pid %d used static ldt
> allocation.\n",
> + td->td_proc->p_pid);
> + printf("See the i386_set_ldt man page for more
> info\n");
> + }
> /* verify range of descriptors to modify */
> largest_ld = uap->start + uap->num;
> - if (uap->start < NLDT || uap->start >= MAX_LD ||
> uap->num < 0 ||
> - largest_ld > MAX_LD) {
> + if (uap->start <= LUDATA_SEL || uap->start >= MAX_LD ||
> + uap->num < 0 || largest_ld > MAX_LD) {
> return (EINVAL);
> }
> }
> @@ -562,7 +571,7 @@
> again:
> mtx_lock_spin(&sched_lock);
> dp = &((union descriptor *)(pldt->ldt_base))[NLDT];
> - for (i = NLDT; i < pldt->ldt_len; ++i) {
> + for (i = LUDATA_SEL + 1; i < pldt->ldt_len; ++i) {
Looks OK, but if we are doing a dynamic allocation, it might be
better to start at NLDT just to avoid the known problem of someone
using 6... Just a thought.
--
Dan Eischen
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