Hi! Magic constant like 17 is always bad... This gets rid of it. Please apply, Pavel Index: arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/Repository/linux/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.2 diff -u -u -r1.1.1.2 ptrace.c --- arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c 2001/04/19 20:02:44 1.1.1.2 +++ arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c 2001/05/03 18:50:15 @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ break; tmp = 0; /* Default return condition */ - if(addr < 17*sizeof(long)) + if(addr < FRAME_SIZE*sizeof(long)) tmp = getreg(child, addr); if(addr >= (long) &dummy->u_debugreg[0] && addr <= (long) &dummy->u_debugreg[7]){ @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ addr > sizeof(struct user) - 3) break; - if (addr < 17*sizeof(long)) { + if (addr < FRAME_SIZE*sizeof(long)) { ret = putreg(child, addr, data); break; } @@ -369,11 +369,11 @@ } case PTRACE_GETREGS: { /* Get all gp regs from the child. */ - if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, (unsigned *)data, 17*sizeof(long))) { + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, (unsigned *)data, +FRAME_SIZE*sizeof(long))) { ret = -EIO; break; } - for ( i = 0; i < 17*sizeof(long); i += sizeof(long) ) { + for ( i = 0; i < FRAME_SIZE*sizeof(long); i += sizeof(long) ) { __put_user(getreg(child, i),(unsigned long *) data); data += sizeof(long); } @@ -383,11 +383,11 @@ case PTRACE_SETREGS: { /* Set all gp regs in the child. */ unsigned long tmp; - if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, (unsigned *)data, 17*sizeof(long))) { + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, (unsigned *)data, +FRAME_SIZE*sizeof(long))) { ret = -EIO; break; } - for ( i = 0; i < 17*sizeof(long); i += sizeof(long) ) { + for ( i = 0; i < FRAME_SIZE*sizeof(long); i += sizeof(long) ) { __get_user(tmp, (unsigned long *) data); putreg(child, i, tmp); data += sizeof(long); Index: include/asm-i386/ptrace.h =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/Repository/linux/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.2 diff -u -u -r1.1.1.2 ptrace.h --- include/asm-i386/ptrace.h 2001/04/19 20:00:50 1.1.1.2 +++ include/asm-i386/ptrace.h 2001/05/03 18:50:15 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ #define EFL 14 #define UESP 15 #define SS 16 - +#define FRAME_SIZE 17 /* this struct defines the way the registers are stored on the stack during a system call. */ -- I'm [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/