Re: Fix 32-bit thread debugging on x86_64

On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 04:05:58PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> The IA32 ptrace emulation currently returns the wrong registers for
> fs/gs; it's returning what x86_64 calls gs_base.  We need regs.gsindex
> in order for GDB to correctly locate the TLS area.  Without this patch,
> the 32-bit GDB testsuite bombs on a 64-bit kernel.  With it, results
> look about like I'd expect, although there are still a handful of
> kernel-related failures (vsyscall related?).

Looks good. Thanks.

-Andi

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