Re: year old problem

Eric Pouech (Eric.Pouech@wanadoo.fr)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:40:28 +0000


Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> Point taken. It seems to be a bug.
> For DR0-DR3/DR7 it doesn't make sense to save them all the time (because they
> can be set by ptrace, even by the program), but DR4-6 should be saved.
where's the best place to do it ? (DR6 should be enough) ?
I'd say do_debug in traps.c the right place ?
should it be only done also for processes inside the kernel ?

A+

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