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When a ptracer writes a ptracee's FS/GSBASE with a different value, the selector is also cleared. This behavior is not correct as the selector should be preserved. Update only the base value and leave the selector intact. To simplify the code further remove the conditional checking for the same value as this code is not performance critical. The only recognizable downside of this change is when the selector is already nonzero on write. The base will be reloaded according to the selector. But the case is highly unexpected in real usages. [ tglx: Massage changelog ] Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9040CFCD-74BD-4C17-9A01-B9B713CF6B10@intel.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.