[PATCH] x86-64 only: ia32entry.S reg changes dropped during debugging

[Chris Gottbrath]

Andi, 

We develop a debugger for linux x86-64 called TotalView. We have 
recently tracked down a problem to the fact that some register changes
made by the debugger in the target are getting discarded. This is only 
happening with the 2.4.x kernels on x86-64. It appears that the 
bug may have been fixed as a side effect of some other change in 2.6.x.

The scenario is that the debugger uses ptrace(PTRACE_SYSCALL,) and 
changes some registers in the process while it is stopped in a
system call. We are finding that the system call entry code discards 
changes to R15, R14, R13, R12, RBP, and RBX.

The following patch is against arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S in 2.4.26.

--- ia32entry.S.orig	2004-02-18 08:36:31.000000000 -0500
+++ ia32entry.S	2004-05-19 17:39:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	movq %rsp,%rdi        /* &pt_regs -> arg1 */
 	call syscall_trace
 	LOAD_ARGS ARGOFFSET  /* reload args from stack in case ptrace changed it */
-	addq $ARGOFFSET,%rsp	
+	RESTORE_REST
 	cmpl $(IA32_NR_syscalls),%eax
 	jae  1f
 	IA32_ARG_FIXUP
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 1:	SAVE_REST
 	movq %rsp,%rdi		/* &pt_regs -> arg1 */ 
 	call syscall_trace
-	addq $ARGOFFSET,%rsp
+	RESTORE_REST
 	jmp int_ret_from_sys_call
 		
 ia32_badsys:


Please CC me with any feedback. 

Cheers,
Chris


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Chris Gottbrath
Partner Technologies Engineer    Etnus, LLC
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