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[PATCH] i386: Don't let ptrace set the nested task bit
authorChuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:59:39 +0000 (02:59 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:38:04 +0000 (07:38 -0800)
commit3c36c6aa4aa1b3483c6a0370028608367426f58e
tree2eaa033543eb67536f7da6ac1912f7a41e87ff7etree | snapshot
parentcc04ee9cc527e314e6906849ee931c33764f861ecommit | diff
[PATCH] i386: Don't let ptrace set the nested task bit

There's no good reason for allowing ptrace to set the NT bit in EFLAGS, so
mask it off.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c diff | blob | history
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