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From: Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@ellerman.id.au>
Subject: Re: powerpc: ptrace: tm_reclaim_current() in flush_tmregs_to_thread()
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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