Re: Why set ORIG_EAX(%esp) to -1 in arch/i386/kernel/entry.S:error_code?

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> No. It's important that ORIG_EAX be set to some value that is _not_ a 
> valid system call number, so that the system call restart logic (see the 
> signal handling code) doesn't trigger.
>   

Ah, yes, I see.  I'll add a comment in my i386-pda patch to entry.S.

   J
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