From: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
To: Alex Smith <alex@alex-smith.me.uk>, Ralf <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>,
Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>,
"Aaro Koskinen" <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>,
"Markos (GMail)" <markos.chandras@gmail.com>,
Markos <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>,
Paul <paul.burton@imgtec.com>,
Rob Kendrick <rob.kendrick@codethink.co.uk>,
"Huacai Chen" <chenhc@lemote.com>
Subject: Re: Please add my temporary MIPS fixes branch to linux-next
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:25:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53D9FD5C.6030903@imgtec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOFt0_C1mCsnn56uhpQy8zR-zhT9T_rK6P8YNAKKkoHrgnT_9g@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Alex,
On 30/07/14 19:17, Alex Smith wrote:
> On 30 July 2014 17:00, James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> wrote:
>> This one fixes mips32 debian boot, but changes the layout of the
>> NT_PRSTATUS regset which is accessible through ptrace. I don't believe
>> this will break anything, but there are other patches pending in the
>> patchset to fix up the regset stuff properly anyway (as it is already
>> broken for core dumps) and I don't really want to take the risk without
>> Ralf's okay.
>>
>> Alex Smith (1):
>> MIPS: O32/32-bit: Fix bug which can cause incorrect system call
>> restarts
>
> Right now the NT_PRSTATUS regset can't be relied upon to return the
> same layout anyway, as it can differ depending on whether the kernel
> is 32- or 64-bit, as well as with a couple of other Kconfig options.
> Changing it in this patch shouldn't make things any worse.
Yeh, that is true, and it does fix a real regression.
Since Ralf does appear to be online I'll apply the patch unless he objects.
Cheers
James
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-31 8:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-30 16:00 Please add my temporary MIPS fixes branch to linux-next James Hogan
2014-07-30 17:06 ` David Daney
2014-07-30 18:17 ` Alex Smith
2014-07-31 8:25 ` James Hogan [this message]
2014-07-30 23:06 ` Stephen Rothwell
2014-08-11 11:09 ` James Hogan
2014-08-23 20:24 ` Aaro Koskinen
2014-08-26 9:45 ` Markos Chandras
2014-08-26 9:51 ` James Hogan
2014-08-26 9:55 ` Markos Chandras
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