From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759343AbXIOIO5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:14:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752353AbXIOIOq (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:14:46 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.210]:33260 "EHLO mail.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752335AbXIOIOp (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:14:45 -0400 Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:14:37 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Andrew Morton Cc: Christoph Hellwig , rth@twiddle.net, ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] alpha: convert to generic sys_ptrace Message-ID: <20070915081437.GA5251@lst.de> References: <20070908191257.GA5075@lst.de> <20070915011150.0439a432.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070915011150.0439a432.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Spam-Score: 0 () Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:11:50AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 21:12:57 +0200 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > This patch converts alpha to the generic sys_ptrace. We use > > force_successful_syscall_return to avoid having to pass the pt_regs > > pointer down to the function. I think the removal of the assemly > > stub is correct, but I could only compile-test this patch, so please > > give it a spin before commiting :) > > Needed a bit of massaging due to consolidate-ptrace_detach.patch but > it still compiles: Btw,does alpha actually build for you sucessfully? While I could get the ptrace bits to compile 2.6.23-rc doesn't actually finish the build for me due to missing syscalls and the brainded -Werror flag making this fatal..