linux-kernel - Re: [-mm patch] ptrace: make {put,get}reg work again for gs and fs

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Date:	Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:52:17 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
CC:	Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@...e.fr>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] ptrace: make {put,get}reg work again for gs and fs

Andrew Morton wrote:
> The below is what I have queued for urgent mainlining to address these
> problems.
>
> Is it sufficient?
>   

It is sufficient to fix the serious eflags-clobbering bug, but it
doesn't fix the read-and-modify correctness problem Frederik found.

    J
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