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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-07 12:22:15 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-07 12:22:15 +0200
commit5f4457a4f62cc9d78e04c0eb12ff0540899aad89 (patch)
tree0b973d527ea6b2ae31e08da0746b4965a3c5a6d8 /arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
parent9b94b3a19b13e094c10f65f24bc358f6ffe4eacd (diff)
parentb87297fb405ef13cac375f202d114323b076a56d (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/cpu
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index e304b66abee..624f133943e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -187,14 +187,15 @@ static inline int v8086_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
/*
* X86_32 CPUs don't save ss and esp if the CPU is already in kernel mode
- * when it traps. So regs will be the current sp.
+ * when it traps. The previous stack will be directly underneath the saved
+ * registers, and 'sp/ss' won't even have been saved. Thus the '&regs->sp'.
*
* This is valid only for kernel mode traps.
*/
-static inline unsigned long kernel_trap_sp(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static inline unsigned long kernel_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- return (unsigned long)regs;
+ return (unsigned long)(&regs->sp);
#else
return regs->sp;
#endif