access_process_vm device memory infrastructure
In order to be able to debug things like the X server and programs using the PPC Cell SPUs, the debugger needs to be able to access device memory through ptrace and /proc/pid/mem. This patch: Add the generic_access_phys access function and put the hooks in place to allow access_process_vm to access device or PPC Cell SPU memory. [riel@redhat.com: Add documentation for the vm_ops->access function] Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrensmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ prototypes:
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void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*);
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int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *);
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int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct page *);
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int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int);
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locking rules:
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BKL mmap_sem PageLocked(page)
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@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ open: no yes
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close: no yes
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fault: no yes
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page_mkwrite: no yes no
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access: no yes
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->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only page is
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about to become writeable. The file system is responsible for
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@@ -525,6 +527,11 @@ taking to lock out truncate, the page range should be verified to be
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within i_size. The page mapping should also be checked that it is not
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NULL.
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->access() is called when get_user_pages() fails in
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acces_process_vm(), typically used to debug a process through
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/proc/pid/mem or ptrace. This function is needed only for
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VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP VMAs.
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Dubious stuff
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