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Re: PATCH: Add x32 arch_prctl support
On 05/21/2012 08:29 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
> The question is how fast we can to get this patch
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> index 685845c..cf11783 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -1211,12 +1211,6 @@ static long x32_arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child,
> 0, sizeof(struct user_i387_struct),
> datap);
>
> - /* normal 64bit interface to access TLS data.
> - Works just like arch_prctl, except that the arguments
> - are reversed. */
> - case PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL:
> - return do_arch_prctl(child, data, addr);
> -
> default:
> return compat_ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
> }
>
> into Linux kernel.
>
We can probably get it into 3.4.1.
-hpa
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