Re: [PATCH 1/2] ptrace_vm: ptrace for syscall emulation virtualmachines

From: AmÃrico Wang
Date: Mon Mar 16 2009 - 03:51:32 EST


On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 02:41:03PM +0100, Renzo Davoli wrote:
>I am re-submitting the two patches. Now they should be (more)
>consistent with the Coding Style specifications.
>
>This patch adds the new PTRACE_VM_SKIPCALL and PTRACE_VM_SKIPEXIT
>tags for ptrace's addr parameter.
>In this way it is possible to (eventually) get rid of PTRACE_SYSEMU
>PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP, while providing not only the same features
>but a more general support for Virtual Machines.
>Part#1: tracehook based architecture independent support
>
>renzo
>
>Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoli <renzo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>---
>diff -Naur linux-2.6.29-rc7-umluml/include/linux/ptrace.h linux-2.6.29-rc7-vm1/include/linux/ptrace.h
>--- linux-2.6.29-rc7-umluml/include/linux/ptrace.h 2009-03-06 20:26:13.000000000 +0100
>+++ linux-2.6.29-rc7-vm1/include/linux/ptrace.h 2009-03-06 20:31:11.000000000 +0100
>@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
> #define PTRACE_EVENT_VFORK_DONE 5
> #define PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT 6
>
>+/* options for new PTRACE_SYSCALL syntax*/
>+#define PTRACE_SYSCALL_SKIPEXIT 0x2
>+#define PTRACE_SYSCALL_SKIPCALL 0x6
>+#define PTRACE_SYSCALL_MASK 0x00000006
>+
> #include <asm/ptrace.h>
>
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
>@@ -68,6 +73,10 @@
> #define PT_TRACE_VFORK_DONE 0x00000100
> #define PT_TRACE_EXIT 0x00000200
>
>+#define PT_SYSCALL_SKIPEXIT 0x60000000
>+#define PT_SYSCALL_SKIPCALL 0x40000000
>+#define PT_SYSCALL_MASK 0x60000000
>+
> #define PT_TRACE_MASK 0x000003f4
>
> /* single stepping state bits (used on ARM and PA-RISC) */
>diff -Naur linux-2.6.29-rc7-umluml/include/linux/tracehook.h linux-2.6.29-rc7-vm1/include/linux/tracehook.h
>--- linux-2.6.29-rc7-umluml/include/linux/tracehook.h 2009-03-06 20:26:13.000000000 +0100
>+++ linux-2.6.29-rc7-vm1/include/linux/tracehook.h 2009-03-06 20:31:11.000000000 +0100
>@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
> struct pt_regs *regs)
> {
> ptrace_report_syscall(regs);
>- return 0;
>+ return (task_ptrace(current) & PT_SYSCALL_SKIPCALL) ? 1 : 0;
> }
>
> /**
>@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@
> */
> static inline void tracehook_report_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, int step)
> {
>- ptrace_report_syscall(regs);
>+ if (!(task_ptrace(current) & PT_SYSCALL_SKIPEXIT))
>+ ptrace_report_syscall(regs);
> }
>
> /**
>diff -Naur linux-2.6.29-rc7-umluml/kernel/ptrace.c linux-2.6.29-rc7-vm1/kernel/ptrace.c
>--- linux-2.6.29-rc7-umluml/kernel/ptrace.c 2009-03-06 20:26:15.000000000 +0100
>+++ linux-2.6.29-rc7-vm1/kernel/ptrace.c 2009-03-06 20:31:11.000000000 +0100
>@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
> #define is_sysemu_singlestep(request) 0
> #endif
>
>-static int ptrace_resume(struct task_struct *child, long request, long data)
>+static int ptrace_resume(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)

This line is longer than 80-characters, please break it into two lines.


> {
> if (!valid_signal(data))
> return -EIO;
>@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@
> else
> user_disable_single_step(child);
>
>+ child->ptrace &= ~PT_SYSCALL_MASK;
>+ child->ptrace |= (addr & PTRACE_SYSCALL_MASK) << 28;


Please don't use magic numbers, use a macro to define it.


>+
> child->exit_code = data;
> wake_up_process(child);
>
>@@ -486,12 +489,12 @@
> #endif
> case PTRACE_SYSCALL:
> case PTRACE_CONT:
>- return ptrace_resume(child, request, data);
>+ return ptrace_resume(child, request, addr, data);
>
> case PTRACE_KILL:
> if (child->exit_state) /* already dead */
> return 0;
>- return ptrace_resume(child, request, SIGKILL);
>+ return ptrace_resume(child, request, addr, SIGKILL);
>
> default:
> break;

--
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