Re: [PATCH] x86-64 singlestep through sigreturn system call

[Roland McGrath]

> Anyways, I don't have any plans to change the 64bit behaviour. gdb will
> have to live with a few minor inconsistencies as price for faster system
> calls. 

My patch doesn't slow anything down beyond one comparison and branch not
taken in the rt_sigreturn system call.  Does that negligible meaning of
"faster" really warrant the inconsistent user behavior?


Thanks,
Roland
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