Re: [PATCH x86/mm 6/6] x86-64 ia32 ptrace get/putreg32 currenttask

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Nov 29 2007 - 17:36:18 EST




On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Roland McGrath wrote:
>
> Um, really? This is x86-64 code. AIUI those values don't have any effect
> at all in 64-bit mode (as the kernel is). I haven't found any code in
> entry_64.S or ia32entry.S that touches them. __switch_to uses direct
> access to the segment registers just as I've done.

Yes, you're right, I just looked at the ia32 part and didn't read your
patches right.

Linus
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