From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:13:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:13:47 -0400 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:55563 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:13:32 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: error in arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c (subtle) Date: 2 Sep 2000 12:01:16 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation Message-ID: <8orips$bbe$1@penguin.transmeta.com> References: <20000902155021.51C9E4917@pornstar.not.very.secure.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20000902155021.51C9E4917@pornstar.not.very.secure.org>, Silvio Cesare 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/