The patch titled Subject: ptrace/x86: cleanup ptrace_set_debugreg() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ptrace-x86-cleanup-ptrace_set_debugreg.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ptrace/x86: cleanup ptrace_set_debugreg() ptrace_set_debugreg() is trivial but looks horrible. Kill the unnecessary goto's and return's to cleanup the code. This matches ptrace_get_debugreg() which also needs the trivial whitespace cleanups. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Cc: Prasad <prasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 26 ++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c~ptrace-x86-cleanup-ptrace_set_debugreg arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c~ptrace-x86-cleanup-ptrace_set_debugreg +++ a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ restore: */ static unsigned long ptrace_get_debugreg(struct task_struct *tsk, int n) { - struct thread_struct *thread = &(tsk->thread); + struct thread_struct *thread = &tsk->thread; unsigned long val = 0; if (n < HBP_NUM) { @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static unsigned long ptrace_get_debugreg val = bp->hw.info.address; } else if (n == 6) { val = thread->debugreg6; - } else if (n == 7) { + } else if (n == 7) { val = thread->ptrace_dr7; } return val; @@ -761,30 +761,20 @@ static int ptrace_set_breakpoint_addr(st static int ptrace_set_debugreg(struct task_struct *tsk, int n, unsigned long val) { - struct thread_struct *thread = &(tsk->thread); - int rc = 0; - + struct thread_struct *thread = &tsk->thread; /* There are no DR4 or DR5 registers */ - if (n == 4 || n == 5) - return -EIO; + int rc = -EIO; - if (n == 6) { - thread->debugreg6 = val; - goto ret_path; - } if (n < HBP_NUM) { rc = ptrace_set_breakpoint_addr(tsk, n, val); - if (rc) - return rc; - } - /* All that's left is DR7 */ - if (n == 7) { + } else if (n == 6) { + thread->debugreg6 = val; + rc = 0; + } else if (n == 7) { rc = ptrace_write_dr7(tsk, val); if (!rc) thread->ptrace_dr7 = val; } - -ret_path: return rc; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are posix_cpu_timer-consolidate-expiry-time-type.patch posix_cpu_timers-consolidate-timer-list-cleanups.patch posix_cpu_timers-consolidate-expired-timers-check.patch posix-timers-correctly-get-dying-task-time-sample-in-posix_cpu_timer_schedule.patch posix_timers-fix-racy-timer-delta-caching-on-task-exit.patch lockdep-introduce-lock_acquire_exclusive-shared-helper-macros.patch lglock-update-lockdep-annotations-to-report-recursive-local-locks.patch autofs4-allow-autofs-to-work-outside-the-initial-pid-namespace.patch autofs4-translate-pids-to-the-right-namespace-for-the-daemon.patch ptrace-x86-revert-hw_breakpoints-fix-racy-access-to-ptrace-breakpoints.patch ptrace-powerpc-revert-hw_breakpoints-fix-racy-access-to-ptrace-breakpoints.patch ptrace-arm-revert-hw_breakpoints-fix-racy-access-to-ptrace-breakpoints.patch ptrace-sh-revert-hw_breakpoints-fix-racy-access-to-ptrace-breakpoints.patch ptrace-revert-prepare-to-fix-racy-accesses-on-task-breakpoints.patch ptrace-x86-simplify-the-disable-logic-in-ptrace_write_dr7.patch ptrace-x86-dont-delay-disable-till-second-pass-in-ptrace_write_dr7.patch ptrace-x86-introduce-ptrace_register_breakpoint.patch ptrace-x86-ptrace_write_dr7-should-create-bp-if-disabled.patch ptrace-x86-cleanup-ptrace_set_debugreg.patch ptrace-ptrace_detach-should-do-flush_ptrace_hw_breakpointchild.patch ptrace-x86-flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint-shoule-clear-the-virtual-debug-registers.patch x86-kill-tif_debug.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