[tip:x86/urgent] selftests/x86: Add a fork() to entry_from_vm86 to catch fork bugs

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Commit-ID:  226f1f729ce277720fab60c91dd1b12574cfe66c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/226f1f729ce277720fab60c91dd1b12574cfe66c
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:42:45 -0700
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stas Sergeev <stsp@xxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/08f83295460a80e41dc5e3e81ec40d6844d316f5.1446270067.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 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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