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[PATCH] x86_64: Fix interaction of single stepping with debuggers
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Ported from i386/Linus

Fix another TF corner case.  Need to do the special TF handling for all
signals to make debuggers happy

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Andi Kleen authored and Linus Torvalds committed Apr 16, 2005
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Expand Up @@ -368,6 +368,18 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
}
}

/*
* If TF is set due to a debugger (PT_DTRACE), clear the TF
* flag so that register information in the sigcontext is
* correct.
*/
if (unlikely(regs->eflags & TF_MASK)) {
if (likely(current->ptrace & PT_DTRACE)) {
current->ptrace &= ~PT_DTRACE;
regs->eflags &= ~TF_MASK;
}
}

#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
if (test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32)) {
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO)
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