linux-kernel - [PATCH] ptrace: Call arch_ptrace_attach() when request=PTRACE

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Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:08:11 +0100
From:	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>
To:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ptrace: Call arch_ptrace_attach() when request=PTRACE_TRACEME

arch_ptrace_attach() is a hook that allows the architecture to do
book-keeping after a ptrace attach. This patch adds a call to this
hook when handling a PTRACE_TRACEME request as well.

Currently only one architecture, m32r, implements this hook. When
called, it initializes a number of debug trap slots in the ptraced
task's thread struct, and it looks to me like this is the right thing
to do after a PTRACE_TRACEME request as well, not only after
PTRACE_ATTACH. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I want to use this hook on AVR32 to turn the debugging hardware on
when a process is actually being debugged and keep it off otherwise.
To be able to do this, I need to intercept PTRACE_TRACEME and
PTRACE_ATTACH, as well as PTRACE_DETACH and thread exit. The latter
two can be handled by existing hooks.

Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>
---
 kernel/ptrace.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 7c76f2f..44e18a8 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ptrace(long request, long pid, long addr, long data)
 	lock_kernel();
 	if (request == PTRACE_TRACEME) {
 		ret = ptrace_traceme();
+		if (!ret)
+			arch_ptrace_attach(current);
 		goto out;
 	}

-- 
1.5.3.4

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