diff -up linux-3.10.0-327.sdl7.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h.addmissing linux-3.10.0-327.sdl7.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h --- linux-3.10.0-327.sdl7.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h.addmissing 2015-10-29 16:56:51.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-3.10.0-327.sdl7.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h 2015-11-21 23:33:16.430036291 -0500 @@ -109,6 +109,23 @@ static inline int user_mode_vm(struct pt #endif } +/* + * This is the fastest way to check whether regs come from user space. + * It is unsafe if regs might come from vm86 mode, though -- in vm86 + * mode, all bits of CS and SS are completely under the user's control. + * The CPU considers vm86 mode to be CPL 3 regardless of CS and SS. + * + * Do NOT use this function unless you have already ruled out the + * possibility that regs came from vm86 mode. + * + * We check for RPL != 0 instead of RPL == 3 because we don't use rings + * 1 or 2 and this is more efficient. + */ +static inline int user_mode_ignore_vm86(struct pt_regs *regs) +{ + return (regs->cs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) != 0; +} + static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_regs *regs) { #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32