linux-kernel - [PATCH] Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in data parameter

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Date:	Wed, 7 Sep 2011 06:47:40 +0200
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in data parameter

Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in data parameter
    
This can be used to close a few corner cases in strace where we get
unwanted behavior after attach, but before we have a chance
to set options (the notorious post-execve SIGTRAP comes to mind),
and removes the need to track "did we set opts for this task?" state
in strace internals.
    
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 665ee93..ea83195 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -219,19 +219,23 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
 
 	/*
 	 * SEIZE will enable new ptrace behaviors which will be implemented
-	 * gradually.  SEIZE_DEVEL is used to prevent applications
+	 * gradually.  SEIZE_DEVEL bit is used to prevent applications
 	 * expecting full SEIZE behaviors trapping on kernel commits which
 	 * are still in the process of implementing them.
 	 *
 	 * Only test programs for new ptrace behaviors being implemented
 	 * should set SEIZE_DEVEL.  If unset, SEIZE will fail with -EIO.
 	 *
-	 * Once SEIZE behaviors are completely implemented, this flag and
-	 * the following test will be removed.
+	 * Once SEIZE behaviors are completely implemented, this flag
+	 * will be removed.
 	 */
 	retval = -EIO;
-	if (seize && !(flags & PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL))
-		goto out;
+	if (seize) {
+		if ((flags & ~(long)PTRACE_O_MASK) != PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL)
+			goto out;
+		flags &= ~PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL;
+	} else
+		flags = 0;
 
 	audit_ptrace(task);
 
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
 	if (task->ptrace)
 		goto unlock_tasklist;
 
-	task->ptrace = PT_PTRACED;
+	task->ptrace = PT_PTRACED | (flags << PT_OPT_FLAG_SHIFT);
 	if (seize)
 		task->ptrace |= PT_SEIZED;
 	if (task_ns_capable(task, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
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