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Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 11:17:24 +0100 (MET)
From: Frank Cornelis <Frank.Cornelis@rug.ac.be>
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Subject: ptrace on i386
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Hi,

In linux/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c next code is being used in the xxxreg
functions:
	if (regno > GS*4)
		regno -= 2*4;
Why this discontinuity? It doesn't prevent ORIG_EAX and EIP from being
written and makes the defines CS, EIF, ... from linux/include/asm/ptrace.h
useless. BTW: regno should really call reg_offset since it's no register
number but an offset.

Please CC me,

Frank.

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