The patch titled i386: don't try kprobes for v8086 mode has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is i386-dont-try-kprobes-for-v8086-mode.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: i386: don't try kprobes for v8086 mode From: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx> Never allow int3 traps from V8086 mode to enter the kprobes handler. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c~i386-dont-try-kprobes-for-v8086-mode arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c --- 25/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c~i386-dont-try-kprobes-for-v8086-mode Wed May 31 14:21:28 2006 +++ 25-akpm/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c Wed May 31 14:21:28 2006 @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(s struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data; int ret = NOTIFY_DONE; - if (args->regs && user_mode(args->regs)) + if (args->regs && user_mode_vm(args->regs)) return ret; switch (val) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from zach@xxxxxxxxxx are x86-cpu_init-avoid-gfp_kernel-allocation-while-atomic.patch i386-fix-get_segment_eip-with-vm86.patch i386-dont-try-kprobes-for-v8086-mode.patch vdso-randomize-the-i386-vdso-by-moving-it-into-a-vma.patch vdso-randomize-the-i386-vdso-by-moving-it-into-a-vma-tidy.patch vdso-randomize-the-i386-vdso-by-moving-it-into-a-vma-arch_vma_name-fix.patch vdso-randomize-the-i386-vdso-by-moving-it-into-a-vma-vs-x86_64-mm-reliable-stack-trace-support-i386.patch vdso-randomize-the-i386-vdso-by-moving-it-into-a-vma-vs-x86_64-mm-reliable-stack-trace-support-i386-2.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html