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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-18 02:39:39 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-18 02:39:39 -0700
commit49997d75152b3d23c53b0fa730599f2f74c92c65 (patch)
tree46e93126170d02cfec9505172e545732c1b69656 /kernel/ptrace.c
parenta0c80b80e0fb48129e4e9d6a9ede914f9ff1850d (diff)
parent5b664cb235e97afbf34db9c4d77f08ebd725335e (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt drivers/atm/Makefile drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c net/8021q/vlan.c net/iucv/iucv.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/ptrace.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c52
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 6c19e94fd0a..8392a9da645 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -33,13 +33,9 @@
*/
void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
{
- BUG_ON(!list_empty(&child->ptrace_list));
- if (child->parent == new_parent)
- return;
- list_add(&child->ptrace_list, &child->parent->ptrace_children);
- remove_parent(child);
+ BUG_ON(!list_empty(&child->ptrace_entry));
+ list_add(&child->ptrace_entry, &new_parent->ptraced);
child->parent = new_parent;
- add_parent(child);
}
/*
@@ -73,12 +69,8 @@ void __ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child)
BUG_ON(!child->ptrace);
child->ptrace = 0;
- if (ptrace_reparented(child)) {
- list_del_init(&child->ptrace_list);
- remove_parent(child);
- child->parent = child->real_parent;
- add_parent(child);
- }
+ child->parent = child->real_parent;
+ list_del_init(&child->ptrace_entry);
if (task_is_traced(child))
ptrace_untrace(child);
@@ -121,7 +113,7 @@ int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *child, int kill)
return ret;
}
-int __ptrace_may_attach(struct task_struct *task)
+int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
{
/* May we inspect the given task?
* This check is used both for attaching with ptrace
@@ -148,16 +140,16 @@ int __ptrace_may_attach(struct task_struct *task)
if (!dumpable && !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
return -EPERM;
- return security_ptrace(current, task);
+ return security_ptrace(current, task, mode);
}
-int ptrace_may_attach(struct task_struct *task)
+bool ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
{
int err;
task_lock(task);
- err = __ptrace_may_attach(task);
+ err = __ptrace_may_access(task, mode);
task_unlock(task);
- return !err;
+ return (!err ? true : false);
}
int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task)
@@ -195,7 +187,7 @@ repeat:
/* the same process cannot be attached many times */
if (task->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)
goto bad;
- retval = __ptrace_may_attach(task);
+ retval = __ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH);
if (retval)
goto bad;
@@ -492,14 +484,34 @@ int ptrace_traceme(void)
/*
* Are we already being traced?
*/
+repeat:
task_lock(current);
if (!(current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)) {
- ret = security_ptrace(current->parent, current);
+ /*
+ * See ptrace_attach() comments about the locking here.
+ */
+ unsigned long flags;
+ if (!write_trylock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags)) {
+ task_unlock(current);
+ do {
+ cpu_relax();
+ } while (!write_can_lock(&tasklist_lock));
+ goto repeat;
+ }
+
+ ret = security_ptrace(current->parent, current,
+ PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH);
+
/*
* Set the ptrace bit in the process ptrace flags.
+ * Then link us on our parent's ptraced list.
*/
- if (!ret)
+ if (!ret) {
current->ptrace |= PT_PTRACED;
+ __ptrace_link(current, current->real_parent);
+ }
+
+ write_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
}
task_unlock(current);
return ret;