Re: [Patch 06/12] Use the new wrapper routines to access debug registers in process/thread code

David Gibson
2009-05-28T06:53:19Z

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 05:23:44PM +0530, K.Prasad wrote:
> From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
>
> This patch enables the use of abstract debug registers in
> process-handling routines.

[snip]
>
> + p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;

Why is manipulating the io_bitmap_ptr relevant to debug register
handling?

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