[PATCH] x86/ptrace: Add comments to x86_regset about empty slots

From: Yu-cheng Yu
Date: Fri Jul 13 2018 - 13:17:06 EST


find_regset() goes through regsets sequentially. Empty slots
in regset arrays causes mismatch. Add comments to x86_regset
enum.

Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index e2ee403865eb..130ca4f27a17 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@

#include "tls.h"

+/*
+ * find_regset() goes through regsets sequentially.
+ * Do not create empty slots in x86_64_regsets[] or
+ * x86_32_regsets[] below.
+ */
enum x86_regset {
REGSET_GENERAL,
REGSET_FP,
--
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