linux-kernel - [PATCH] [35/58] i386: allow debuggers to access the vsyscall page with compat vDSO

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:55:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	jbeulich@...ell.com, patches@...-64.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [35/58] i386: allow debuggers to access the vsyscall page with  compat vDSO


From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>

 arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c
@@ -336,7 +336,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct *get_gate_vma(stru
 
 int in_gate_area(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	return 0;
+	const struct vm_area_struct *vma = get_gate_vma(task);
+
+	return vma && addr >= vma->vm_start && addr < vma->vm_end;
 }
 
 int in_gate_area_no_task(unsigned long addr)
-
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