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Subject: Re: Please add my temporary MIPS fixes branch to linux-next
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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