Re: [-mm patch] ptrace: make {put,get}reg work again for gs and fs

Andrew Morton wrote:
> The below is what I have queued for urgent mainlining to address these
> problems.
>
> Is it sufficient?
>   

It is sufficient to fix the serious eflags-clobbering bug, but it
doesn't fix the read-and-modify correctness problem Frederik found.

    J
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References:
- 2.6.20-rc1-mm1
  - From: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
- [-mm patch] ptrace: make {put,get}reg work again for gs and fs
  - From: Frederik Deweerdt <[email protected]>
- Re: [-mm patch] ptrace: make {put,get}reg work again for gs and fs
  - From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[email protected]>
- Re: [-mm patch] ptrace: make {put,get}reg work again for gs and fs
  - From: Frederik Deweerdt <[email protected]>
- Re: [-mm patch] ptrace: make {put,get}reg work again for gs and fs
  - From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[email protected]>

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