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x86 single_step: TIF_FORCED_TF

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This changes the single-step support to use a new thread_info flag
TIF_FORCED_TF instead of the PT_DTRACE flag in task_struct.ptrace.
This keeps arch implementation uses out of this non-arch field.

This changes the ptrace access to eflags to mask TF and maintain
the TIF_FORCED_TF flag directly if userland sets TF, instead of
relying on ptrace_signal_deliver.  The 64-bit and 32-bit kernels
are harmonized on this same behavior.  The ptrace_signal_deliver
approach works now, but this change makes the low-level register
access code reliable when called from different contexts than a
ptrace stop, which will be possible in the future.

The 64-bit do_debug exception handler is also changed not to clear TF
from user-mode registers.  This matches the 32-bit kernel's behavior.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Roland McGrath
2008-01-30 13:30:50 +01:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 7122ec8158
commit e1f287735c
12 changed files with 79 additions and 59 deletions
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arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
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@@ -709,11 +709,6 @@ long sys_execve(char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv,
if (IS_ERR(filename))
return error;
error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, &regs);
if (error == 0) {
task_lock(current);
current->ptrace &= ~PT_DTRACE;
task_unlock(current);
}
putname(filename);
return error;
}