From 97a4d00388db4f0bfa37425b31d7d9751ea649db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andi Kleen Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:54:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: Remove check for canonical RIP As pointed out by Linus it is useless now because entry.S should handle it correctly in all cases. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/x86_64') diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c index d44b2c1e63a..da8e7903d81 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -274,11 +274,6 @@ static int putreg(struct task_struct *child, return -EIO; value &= 0xffff; break; - case offsetof(struct user_regs_struct, rip): - /* Check if the new RIP address is canonical */ - if (value >= TASK_SIZE_OF(child)) - return -EIO; - break; } put_stack_long(child, regno - sizeof(struct pt_regs), value); return 0; -- cgit v1.2.3