x86/entry: Rename is_{ia32,x32}_task() to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall()

The is_ia32_task()/is_x32_task() function names are a big misnomer: they
suggests that the compat-ness of a system call is a task property, which
is not true, the compatness of a system call purely depends on how it
was invoked through the system call layer.

A task may call 32-bit and 64-bit and x32 system calls without changing
any of its kernel visible state.

This specific minomer is also actively dangerous, as it might cause kernel
developers to use the wrong kind of security checks within system calls.

So rename it to in_{ia32,x32}_syscall().

Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@virtuozzo.com>
[ Expanded the changelog. ]
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: 0x7f454c46@gmail.com
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1460987025-30360-1-git-send-email-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Dmitry Safonov
2016-04-18 16:43:43 +03:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 6666ea558b
commit abfb9498ee
7 changed files with 8 additions and 8 deletions

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@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
return true;
}
static inline bool is_ia32_task(void)
static inline bool in_ia32_syscall(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
return true;