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authorRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>2008-01-30 13:30:50 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-01-30 13:30:50 +0100
commite1f287735c1e58c653b516931b5d3dd899edcb77 (patch)
tree1a2948cfe8ff679135971e2c573d11b847fee93d /arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
parent7122ec8158b0f88befd94f4da8feae2c8d08d1b4 (diff)
x86 single_step: TIF_FORCED_TF
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c12
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
index 1ac53e9a0859..0a7c812212c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -545,14 +545,12 @@ handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
}
/*
- * If TF is set due to a debugger (PT_DTRACE), clear the TF flag so
- * that register information in the sigcontext is correct.
+ * If TF is set due to a debugger (TIF_FORCED_TF), clear the TF
+ * flag so that register information in the sigcontext is correct.
*/
- if (unlikely(regs->eflags & TF_MASK)
- && likely(current->ptrace & PT_DTRACE)) {
- current->ptrace &= ~PT_DTRACE;
- regs->eflags &= ~TF_MASK;
- }
+ if (unlikely(regs->eflags & X86_EFLAGS_TF) &&
+ likely(test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_FORCED_TF)))
+ regs->eflags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
/* Set up the stack frame */
if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO)