linux-kernel - Re: ptrace && fpu_lazy

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Message-ID: <20120414235933.GA11321@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:59:33 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Chuck Ebbert <chuckebbert.lk@...il.com>,
	Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ptrace && fpu_lazy_restore

forgot to mention just in case...

On 04/15, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> --- x/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c~	2012-04-09 20:12:12.000000000 +0200
> +++ x/arch/x86/kernel/i387.c	2012-04-15 01:34:09.000000000 +0200
> @@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ int xfpregs_set(struct task_struct *targ
>
>  	sanitize_i387_state(target);
>
> +	target->thread.fpu.last_cpu = ~0;
> +
>  	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
>  				 &target->thread.fpu.state->fxsave, 0, -1);
>
> @@ -563,6 +565,8 @@ int fpregs_set(struct task_struct *targe
>
>  	sanitize_i387_state(target);
>
> +	target->thread.fpu.last_cpu = ~0;
> +
>  	if (!HAVE_HWFP)
>  		return fpregs_soft_set(target, regset, pos, count, kbuf, ubuf);
>

with this hack the test-case works fine.

Oleg.

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