Use the generic ptrace_resume code for PTRACE_SYSCALL, PTRACE_CONT and PTRACE_KILL. Also the TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE thread flag is now cleared on PTRACE_KILL which it previously wasn't which is consistent with all architectures using the modern ptrace code. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c 2010-02-02 11:00:50.011010089 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c 2010-02-02 19:18:27.564005697 +0100 @@ -481,36 +481,6 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *chi ret = ptrace_setfpregs(child, (__u32 __user *) data); break; - case PTRACE_SYSCALL: /* continue and stop at next (return from) syscall */ - case PTRACE_CONT: { /* restart after signal. */ - ret = -EIO; - if (!valid_signal(data)) - break; - if (request == PTRACE_SYSCALL) { - set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE); - } - else { - clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE); - } - child->exit_code = data; - wake_up_process(child); - ret = 0; - break; - } - - /* - * make the child exit. Best I can do is send it a sigkill. - * perhaps it should be put in the status that it wants to - * exit. - */ - case PTRACE_KILL: - ret = 0; - if (child->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) /* already dead */ - break; - child->exit_code = SIGKILL; - wake_up_process(child); - break; - case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA: ret = put_user(task_thread_info(child)->tp_value, (unsigned long __user *) data); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html