Re: [PATCH] ia64: fix ptrace(PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT) sign

[Dmitry V. Levin]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 03:30:19PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 03/02, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
> >
> > > --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/syscall.h
> > > +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/syscall.h
> > > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static inline void syscall_rollback(struct task_struct *task,
> > >  static inline long syscall_get_error(struct task_struct *task,
> > >  				     struct pt_regs *regs)
> > >  {
> > > -	return regs->r10 == -1 ? regs->r8:0;
> > > +	return regs->r10 == -1 ? -regs->r8:0;
> > >  }
> > >
> > >  static inline long syscall_get_return_value(struct task_struct *task,
> > > --
> > > 2.30.1
> > >
> >
> > Andrew, would it be fine to pass it through misc tree?
> > Or should it go through Oleg as it's mostly about ptrace?
> 
> We usually route ptrace fixes via mm tree.
> 
> But this fix and another patch from you "ia64: fix ia64_syscall_get_set_arguments()
> for break-based syscalls" look very much ia64 specific. I don't think it's actually
> about ptrace, and I didn't even try to review these patches because I do not
> understand this low level ia64 code.
> 
> Can it be routed via ia64 tree? Add Tony and Fenghua...

Apparently [1], ia64 architecture is now orphaned, so we don't have this
option anymore.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/96ec72a3425d1515b69b7f9dc34a4a6ce5862a37


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