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Message-ID: <55CD0F29.4070604@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:42:01 -0700
From:	Raymond Jennings <shentino@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [regression] x86/signal/64: Fix SS handling for signals delivered
 to 64-bit programs breaks dosemu

On 08/13/15 13:09, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:
>> If only I'm not missin something obvious this should not hurt us.
>> But I gonna build test kernel and check to be sure tomorrow, ok?
> Thanks,
>
>                   Linus
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I am curious about what's supposed to happen normally on signal delivery.

Is SS a register that's supposed to be preserved like EIP/RIP and CS 
when a signal is delivered?
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