linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.14 87/87] ARC: Implement ptrace(PTRACE_GET_THREAD

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Date:	Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:03:01 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Anton Kolesov <Anton.Kolesov@...opsys.com>,
	Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.14 87/87] ARC: Implement ptrace(PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA)

3.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Anton Kolesov <Anton.Kolesov@...opsys.com>

commit a4b6cb735b25aa84a462a1985e3e43bebaf5beb4 upstream.

This patch adds implementation of GET_THREAD_AREA ptrace request type. This
is required by GDB to debug NPTL applications.

Signed-off-by: Anton Kolesov <Anton.Kolesov@...opsys.com>
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h |    1 +
 arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c           |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
 #define _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
 
+#define PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA	25
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 /*
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *chi
 	pr_debug("REQ=%ld: ADDR =0x%lx, DATA=0x%lx)\n", request, addr, data);
 
 	switch (request) {
+	case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA:
+		ret = put_user(task_thread_info(child)->thr_ptr,
+			       (unsigned long __user *)data);
+		break;
 	default:
 		ret = ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
 		break;


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