Re: ptrace and ORIG_EAX register

Jeff Dike (jdike@karaya.com)
Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:36:35 -0400

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> Is there a specific reason for this code?
> arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c:288-293 [kernel 2.2.13]
> static int putreg(struct task_struct *child,
> unsigned long regno, unsigned long value) {
> switch (regno >> 2) { --> case ORIG_EAX: -->
> return -EIO;

It's gone in the development tree. Me and a few other people made some noise
about it, and Linus made it go away.

Just curious, what do you need that for?

Jeff

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