Re: [REGRESSION] x86/entry: TIF_SINGLESTEP handling is still broken

[Andy Lutomirski]

> On Jan 31, 2021, at 1:30 PM, Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Btw Kyle, do you have a good simple test-case for this? Clearly this
> is some weird special case use, and regular single-stepping works
> fine.
> 
> 

Indeed, and I have tests for this.

TBH, the TIF_SINGLESTEP code makes no sense, and I think it has at least three 
overloaded meanings. I can try to look in a bit.  I’ve mostly avoided breaking 
it in the past, but that doesn’t mean I understand the original intent.