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authorSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>2006-03-31 03:35:56 +0000
committerSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>2006-03-31 03:35:56 +0000
commitd62e54abca1146981fc9f98f85ff398a113a22c2 (patch)
tree870420dbc4c65e716dcef8a802aafdc0ef97a8b4 /arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace.c
parentfd4a0b92db6a57cba8d03efbe1cebf91f9124ce0 (diff)
parentce362c009250340358a7221f3cdb7954cbf19c01 (diff)
Merge with /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace.c b/arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace.c
index e839ce65ad28..8032a105949a 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-i386/ptrace.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include "linux/sched.h"
+#include "linux/mm.h"
#include "asm/elf.h"
#include "asm/ptrace.h"
#include "asm/uaccess.h"
@@ -26,9 +27,17 @@ int is_syscall(unsigned long addr)
n = copy_from_user(&instr, (void __user *) addr, sizeof(instr));
if(n){
- printk("is_syscall : failed to read instruction from 0x%lx\n",
- addr);
- return(0);
+ /* access_process_vm() grants access to vsyscall and stub,
+ * while copy_from_user doesn't. Maybe access_process_vm is
+ * slow, but that doesn't matter, since it will be called only
+ * in case of singlestepping, if copy_from_user failed.
+ */
+ n = access_process_vm(current, addr, &instr, sizeof(instr), 0);
+ if(n != sizeof(instr)) {
+ printk("is_syscall : failed to read instruction from "
+ "0x%lx\n", addr);
+ return(1);
+ }
}
/* int 0x80 or sysenter */
return((instr == 0x80cd) || (instr == 0x340f));