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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/6] ptrace: introduce ptrace_syscall_enter to consolidate PTRACE_SYSEMU handling
    On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 10:49:21AM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
    > Currently each architecture handles PTRACE_SYSEMU in very similar way.
    > It's completely arch independent and can be handled in the code helping
    > to consolidate PTRACE_SYSEMU handling.
    >
    > Let's introduce a hook 'ptrace_syscall_enter' that arch specific syscall
    > entry code can call.

    Sorry if I'm late for the party, but the new name looks confusing.
    If all it does is related to TIF_SYSCALL_EMU, why does it have a generic
    name 'ptrace_syscall_enter' without any hint of being specific to
    TIF_SYSCALL_EMU?


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