Commit-ID:  226f1f729ce277720fab60c91dd1b12574cfe66c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/226f1f729ce277720fab60c91dd1b12574cfe66c
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:42:45 -0700
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 09:50:25 +0100

selftests/x86: Add a fork() to entry_from_vm86 to catch fork bugs

Mere possession of vm86 state is strange.  Make sure that nothing
gets corrupted if we fork after calling vm86().

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brge...@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de>
Cc: Stas Sergeev <s...@list.ru>
Link: 
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/08f83295460a80e41dc5e3e81ec40d6844d316f5.1446270067.git.l...@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/entry_from_vm86.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/entry_from_vm86.c 
b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/entry_from_vm86.c
index 421c607..d075ea0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/entry_from_vm86.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/entry_from_vm86.c
@@ -230,5 +230,9 @@ int main(void)
        }
        clearhandler(SIGSEGV);
 
+       /* Make sure nothing explodes if we fork. */
+       if (fork() > 0)
+               return 0;
+
        return (nerrs == 0 ? 0 : 1);
 }
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