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From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: error in arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c (subtle)
Date: 2 Sep 2000 12:01:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8orips$bbe$1@penguin.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20000902155021.51C9E4917@pornstar.not.very.secure.org

In article <20000902155021.51C9E4917@pornstar.not.very.secure.org>,
Silvio Cesare <silvio@big.net.au> wrote:
>
>My fix would be to change orig_eax to -1 if the eip register is modified.
>Thus the signal handling code wouldnt think it needed to restart any syscalls.
>This is untested code btw.

Looks like a good fix to me..

		Linus
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      reply	other threads:[~2000-09-02 19:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-09-02 15:50 error in arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c (subtle) Silvio Cesare
2000-09-02 19:01 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]

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