linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC][try 2] IA64 signal : remove redundant code in setup

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Date:	Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:32:49 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Shi Weihua <shiwh@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC][try 2] IA64 signal : remove redundant code in setup_sigcontext()

On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:15:55AM +0800, Shi Weihua wrote:
> This patch removes some redundant code in the function setup_sigcontext().
> 
> The registers ar.ccv,b7,r14,ar.csd,ar.ssd,r2-r3 and r16-r31 are not restored 
> in restore_sigcontext() when (flags & IA64_SC_FLAG_IN_SYSCALL) is true. 
> So we don't need to zero those variables in setup_sigcontext().

Erm, couldn't those registers contain information the process shouldn't
see?

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