[Patch 07/12] Modify signal handling code to refrain from re-enabling HW Breakpoints

["K.Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

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This patch disables re-enabling of Hardware Breakpoint registers through
the  signal handling code. This is now done during
hw_breakpoint_handler().

Original-patch-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c |    9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -799,15 +799,6 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *re
 
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
-		/*
-		 * Re-enable any watchpoints before delivering the
-		 * signal to user space. The processor register will
-		 * have been cleared if the watchpoint triggered
-		 * inside the kernel.
-		 */
-		if (current->thread.debugreg7)
-			set_debugreg(current->thread.debugreg7, 7);
-
 		/* Whee! Actually deliver the signal.  */
 		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs) == 0) {
 			/*