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Authored by mhorne on Apr 7 2021, 7:34 PM.
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Summary

Following the analogous change for amd64 and i386 in 8223717ce62c,
ensure that new processes start with these registers inactive.

Reported by: Michał Górny

Test Plan

Check the result of PT_GETDBREGS on a grandchild process before and after this change.

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mhorne requested review of this revision.Apr 7 2021, 7:34 PM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Apr 7 2021, 9:13 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.

Should they also be cleared in exec_setregs()? Or do we expect to keep them if they are changed after fork()?

Should they also be cleared in exec_setregs()? Or do we expect to keep them if they are changed after fork()?

Yes, we should clear them to be safe, since some settings will not apply to the new executable. I missed your recently added TODO comment there.

I'll post a new review shortly.