Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:51:23 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [uml-devel] x86_64: fix 2.6.18 regression - PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS should be accepted |
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:43:41 +0100 Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> wrote:
> > I sent an equivalent patch in earlier today: > Doh! Interesting this timing... > > > Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c > > =================================================================== > > --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c > > +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c > > @@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_ptrace(long reques > > __u32 val; > > > > switch (request) { > > + case PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS: > > + request = PTRACE_SETOPTIONS; > > case PTRACE_TRACEME: > > case PTRACE_ATTACH: > > case PTRACE_KILL: > > > > I change the request so that PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS doesn't need to > > propogate any further. However, it is present in include/asm-x86_64, > > so I guess that counts as being part of the x86_64 ABI. That being > > the case, I guess my patch can be dropped in favor of this one. > > It is handled in ptrace_request, unless there are include problems. I'm going > to reboot and test mine for any remaining problem.
Whatever happens, please ensure that the final fix makes it into -stable as well. Jeff's version of this patch wasn't cc'ed to stable@kernel.org. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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