linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86-32, kgdb: Don't use thread.ip in sleeping_thread_to_gdb

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Date:	Mon, 23 May 2016 10:05:30 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86-32, kgdb: Don't use thread.ip in sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs()

On May 21, 2016 9:04 AM, "Brian Gerst" <brgerst@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Match 64-bit and set gdb_regs[GDB_PC] to zero.  thread.ip is always the
> same point in the scheduler (except for newly forked processes), and will
> be removed in a future patch.

Seems reasonable to me.