linux-kernel - [PATCH tracing/kprobes 1/7] x86/ptrace: Fix regs_get_argument

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Date:	Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:53:06 -0400
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	systemtap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	DLE <dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	"K.Prasad" <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH tracing/kprobes 1/7] x86/ptrace: Fix regs_get_argument_nth()
	to add correct offset

Fix regs_get_argument_nth() to add correct offset bytes. Because
offset_of() returns offset in byte, the offset should be added
to char * instead of unsigned long *.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@...hat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc: K.Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
---

 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index a33a17d..caffb68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static const int arg_offs_table[] = {
 unsigned long regs_get_argument_nth(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int n)
 {
 	if (n < ARRAY_SIZE(arg_offs_table))
-		return *((unsigned long *)regs + arg_offs_table[n]);
+		return *(unsigned long *)((char *)regs + arg_offs_table[n]);
 	else {
 		/*
 		 * The typical case: arg n is on the stack.


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@...hat.com
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