From: Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@ellerman.id.au>
To: Cyril Bur <cyrilbur@gmail.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: powerpc: ptrace: tm_reclaim_current() in flush_tmregs_to_thread()
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:46:36 +1000 (AEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3s8W9m4JMYz9t2H@ozlabs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160810054446.5624-1-cyrilbur@gmail.com>
On Wed, 2016-10-08 at 05:44:46 UTC, Cyril Bur wrote:
> There was an assumption that flush_tmregs_to_thread() would only be
> called for a task which is not current. And a warning could be shown
> to indicate that current is being ptraced.
>
> In the event of a core dump the current threads state is needed. This
> means that flush_tmregs_to_thread() must do its best to flush even for
> current.
>
> This patch also moves flush_tmregs_to_thread() into ptrace.c as it is
> only called from that file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cyril Bur <cyrilbur@gmail.com>
Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c7a318ba868c61fc9be710a497
cheers
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-10 5:44 [PATCH] powerpc: ptrace: tm_reclaim_current() in flush_tmregs_to_thread() Cyril Bur
2016-08-10 6:52 ` Michael Ellerman
2016-08-10 12:46 ` Michael Ellerman [this message]
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