linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix typo(?) in step.c

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Message-ID: <20080306112819.GC17906@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:28:19 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix typo(?) in step.c


* Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> wrote:

> The bogon came in commit eee3af4a2c83a97fff107ddc445d9df6fded9ce4, the 
> introduction of the ptrace BTS stuff.  Sorry I did not scour and cite 
> every problem in that patch, since I had NAK'd the entire thing as 
> needing more careful review and incremental introduction after 2.6.25.

note that in -rc4 all those BTS ptrace extensions are disabled, see:

|   commit b4ef95de00be4c2c30feccf607a45093c8c118b7
|   Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
|   Date:   Tue Feb 26 09:40:27 2008 +0100
|
|     x86: disable BTS ptrace extensions for now

	Ingo
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