Re: [stable] [PATCH] UML - arch_prctl should set thread fs

2007-03-19 Thread Jeff Dike
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:00:31PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > That's because it doesn't apply at all to the current 2.6.20.3 kernel > tree. Can you rediff it for that one so that we can apply it properly? My apologies - that depended on a previous patch which I thought had made it into -stable. Bel

Re: [stable] [PATCH] UML - arch_prctl should set thread fs

2007-03-16 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 12:10:15PM -0400, Jeff Dike wrote: > [ This missed getting into -stable the first time I sent it ] That's because it doesn't apply at all to the current 2.6.20.3 kernel tree. Can you rediff it for that one so that we can apply it properly? thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscri

[PATCH] UML - arch_prctl should set thread fs

2007-03-16 Thread Jeff Dike
[ This missed getting into -stable the first time I sent it ] In my previous x86_64 thread fix, I forgot to initialize thread.arch.fs in arch_prctl. A process calling arch_prctl to set %fs would lose it on the next context switch. It also turns out that you can switch to a process which is in th

[PATCH] UML - arch_prctl should set thread fs

2007-03-07 Thread Jeff Dike
[ Andrew, this is definite 2.6.21 material ] In my previous x86_64 thread fix, I forgot to initialize thread.arch.fs in arch_prctl. A process calling arch_prctl to set %fs would lose it on the next context switch. It also turns out that you can switch to a process which is in the process of exit