linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH x86/mm 4/6] x86-64 ptrace get/putreg current task

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Message-ID: <20071129173944.GB556@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:39:44 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH x86/mm 4/6] x86-64 ptrace get/putreg current task

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 04:41:18PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> 
> This generalizes the getreg and putreg functions so they can be used on the
> current task, as well as on a task stopped in TASK_TRACED and switched off.
> This lays the groundwork to share this code for all kinds of user-mode
> machine state access, not just ptrace.

Not sure it's a that good idea as it means almost every case now has
a branch for two entirely separate cases.  Wouldn't it be better to have
a separate helper for the looking at the current proces case?

Either way support for looking at the current thread should only be
merged together with an actual user for that.

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