linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ia64: Fix me add register r8

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jul 2014 22:49:01 +0200
From:	Émeric MASCHINO <emeric.maschino@...il.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
Cc:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	"linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ia64: Fix me add register r8

Hi,

Well, I'm wondering why the original author of this FIXME comment
didn't fix the issue him/herself. Can you track down who added this
comment? I fear that this simple comment was actually here to point to
something more subtle...

     Émeric

2014-07-18 7:25 GMT+02:00 Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>:
> The function user_stack_pointer was not returning the correct value \
> as stated by a Fix Me message before the function declaration. I
> fixed the return value to add register r8 as that register stores
> dirty pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h
> index 8451439..eaef692 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h
> +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/ptrace.h
> @@ -53,8 +53,7 @@
>
>  static inline unsigned long user_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
> -       /* FIXME: should this be bspstore + nr_dirty regs? */
> -       return regs->ar_bspstore;
> +       return regs->ar_bspstore + regs->r8;
>  }
>
>  static inline int is_syscall_success(struct pt_regs *regs)
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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