[PATCH 4/9] ptrace/xtensa: Replace PT_SINGLESTEP with TIF_SINGLESTEP

Max Filippov jcmvbkbc at gmail.com
Tue Apr 26 16:33:24 PDT 2022


On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 3:52 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com> wrote:
>
> xtensa is the last user of the PT_SINGLESTEP flag.  Changing tsk->ptrace in
> user_enable_single_step and user_disable_single_step without locking could
> potentiallly cause problems.
>
> So use a thread info flag instead of a flag in tsk->ptrace.  Use TIF_SINGLESTEP
> that xtensa already had defined but unused.
>
> Remove the definitions of PT_SINGLESTEP and PT_BLOCKSTEP as they have no more users.
>
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm at xmission.com>
> ---
>  arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c | 4 ++--
>  arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/ptrace.h      | 6 ------
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc at gmail.com>

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max



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