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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: arch_ptrace() question
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:46:40 +0200
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Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> However, in the PTRACE_PEEKUSR case, the limit is 49, not 48, so it
> allows to access the
> first 4 bytes of fpstate[], too.
>
> Is this intentional

Yes, I think it is.  It allows to check whether the state is NULL or
not, thus whether the fpu registers are actually valid.

Andreas.

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