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x86: x86-32 ptrace get/putreg current task

This generalizes the getreg and putreg functions so they can be used on the
current task, as well as on a task stopped in TASK_TRACED and switched off.
This lays the groundwork to share this code for all kinds of user-mode
machine state access, not just ptrace.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Roland McGrath 17 years ago
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      arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c

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arch/x86/kernel/ptrace_32.c

@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ static int putreg(struct task_struct *child,
 		if (value && (value & 3) != 3)
 			return -EIO;
 		child->thread.gs = value;
+		if (child == current)
+			/*
+			 * The user-mode %gs is not affected by
+			 * kernel entry, so we must update the CPU.
+			 */
+			loadsegment(gs, value);
 		return 0;
 	case DS:
 	case ES:
@@ -104,6 +110,8 @@ static unsigned long getreg(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long regno)
 		break;
 	case GS:
 		retval = child->thread.gs;
+		if (child == current)
+			savesegment(gs, retval);
 		break;
 	case DS:
 	case ES: