Hi Alex, On 30/07/14 19:17, Alex Smith wrote: > On 30 July 2014 17:00, James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> This one fixes mips32 debian boot, but changes the layout of the >> NT_PRSTATUS regset which is accessible through ptrace. I don't believe >> this will break anything, but there are other patches pending in the >> patchset to fix up the regset stuff properly anyway (as it is already >> broken for core dumps) and I don't really want to take the risk without >> Ralf's okay. >> >> Alex Smith (1): >> MIPS: O32/32-bit: Fix bug which can cause incorrect system call >> restarts > > Right now the NT_PRSTATUS regset can't be relied upon to return the > same layout anyway, as it can differ depending on whether the kernel > is 32- or 64-bit, as well as with a couple of other Kconfig options. > Changing it in this patch shouldn't make things any worse. Yeh, that is true, and it does fix a real regression. Since Ralf does appear to be online I'll apply the patch unless he objects. Cheers James
