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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/ptrace.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/ptrace.c | 24 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h index 9178d5cc0b01..e93ef1a54fc7 100644 --- a/include/linux/ptrace.h +++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ extern long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, extern int ptrace_readdata(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long src, char __user *dst, int len); extern int ptrace_writedata(struct task_struct *tsk, char __user *src, unsigned long dst, int len); extern void ptrace_disable(struct task_struct *); -extern int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *task, int kill); +extern int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *task, bool ignore_state); extern int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request, unsigned long addr, unsigned long data); extern void ptrace_notify(int exit_code); diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index 134f34cb142b..eb191116edf7 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -97,10 +97,24 @@ void __ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child) spin_unlock(&child->sighand->siglock); } -/* - * Check that we have indeed attached to the thing.. +/** + * ptrace_check_attach - check whether ptracee is ready for ptrace operation + * @child: ptracee to check for + * @ignore_state: don't check whether @child is currently %TASK_TRACED + * + * Check whether @child is being ptraced by %current and ready for further + * ptrace operations. If @ignore_state is %false, @child also should be in + * %TASK_TRACED state and on return the child is guaranteed to be traced + * and not executing. If @ignore_state is %true, @child can be in any + * state. + * + * CONTEXT: + * Grabs and releases tasklist_lock and @child->sighand->siglock. + * + * RETURNS: + * 0 on success, -ESRCH if %child is not ready. */ -int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *child, int kill) +int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *child, bool ignore_state) { int ret = -ESRCH; @@ -119,13 +133,13 @@ int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *child, int kill) */ spin_lock_irq(&child->sighand->siglock); WARN_ON_ONCE(task_is_stopped(child)); - if (task_is_traced(child) || kill) + if (task_is_traced(child) || ignore_state) ret = 0; spin_unlock_irq(&child->sighand->siglock); } read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); - if (!ret && !kill) + if (!ret && !ignore_state) ret = wait_task_inactive(child, TASK_TRACED) ? 0 : -ESRCH; /* All systems go.. */ |