This patch backports from 2.6.19 a fix to a 2.6.18 regression.

Like for PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS, we should fix PTRACE_[GS]ET_THREAD_AREA. This had
been done already for 2.6.19, so this is for 2.6.18-stable only.
This was tested with UML/32bit as API consumer, both before and after this
patch.

Cc: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: linux-2.6.18/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18.orig/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c
+++ linux-2.6.18/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_ptrace(long reques
        case PTRACE_SYSCALL:
        case PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS:
        case PTRACE_SETOPTIONS:
+       case PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA:
+       case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA:
                return sys_ptrace(request, pid, addr, data); 
 
        default:


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