Merge 3.16-rc5 into char-misc-next

This resolves a number of merge issues with changes in this tree and
Linus's tree at the same time.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 14fd6fd75a19..6205f0c434db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -231,6 +231,22 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 #define ARCH_HAS_USER_SINGLE_STEP_INFO
 
+/*
+ * When hitting ptrace_stop(), we cannot return using SYSRET because
+ * that does not restore the full CPU state, only a minimal set.  The
+ * ptracer can change arbitrary register values, which is usually okay
+ * because the usual ptrace stops run off the signal delivery path which
+ * forces IRET; however, ptrace_event() stops happen in arbitrary places
+ * in the kernel and don't force IRET path.
+ *
+ * So force IRET path after a ptrace stop.
+ */
+#define arch_ptrace_stop_needed(code, info)				\
+({									\
+	set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);				\
+	false;								\
+})
+
 struct user_desc;
 extern int do_get_thread_area(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
 			      struct user_desc __user *info);