Merge branch 'upstream'

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / arch / i386 / kernel / ptrace.c

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
index 5ffbb4b7ad059a038b7273de448b8e5f97ac5c20..506462ef36a089845f1f20047c008465a5d6c847 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@
  * in exit.c or in signal.c.
  */
 
-/* determines which flags the user has access to. */
-/* 1 = access 0 = no access */
-#define FLAG_MASK 0x00044dd5
+/*
+ * Determines which flags the user has access to [1 = access, 0 = no access].
+ * Prohibits changing ID(21), VIP(20), VIF(19), VM(17), NT(14), IOPL(12-13), IF(9).
+ * Also masks reserved bits (31-22, 15, 5, 3, 1).
+ */
+#define FLAG_MASK 0x00050dd5
 
 /* set's the trap flag. */
 #define TRAP_FLAG 0x100