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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-28 18:07:55 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-28 18:07:55 -0400
commitcb28a1bbdb4790378e7366d6c9ee1d2340b84f92 (patch)
tree316436f77dac75335fd2c3ef5f109e71606c50d3 /lib/syscall.c
parentb6d4f7e3ef25beb8c658c97867d98883e69dc544 (diff)
parentf934fb19ef34730263e6afc01e8ec27a8a71470f (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into core/generic-dma-coherent
Conflicts: arch/x86/Kconfig Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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1#include <linux/ptrace.h>
2#include <linux/sched.h>
3#include <linux/module.h>
4#include <asm/syscall.h>
5
6static int collect_syscall(struct task_struct *target, long *callno,
7 unsigned long args[6], unsigned int maxargs,
8 unsigned long *sp, unsigned long *pc)
9{
10 struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(target);
11 if (unlikely(!regs))
12 return -EAGAIN;
13
14 *sp = user_stack_pointer(regs);
15 *pc = instruction_pointer(regs);
16
17 *callno = syscall_get_nr(target, regs);
18 if (*callno != -1L && maxargs > 0)
19 syscall_get_arguments(target, regs, 0, maxargs, args);
20
21 return 0;
22}
23
24/**
25 * task_current_syscall - Discover what a blocked task is doing.
26 * @target: thread to examine
27 * @callno: filled with system call number or -1
28 * @args: filled with @maxargs system call arguments
29 * @maxargs: number of elements in @args to fill
30 * @sp: filled with user stack pointer
31 * @pc: filled with user PC
32 *
33 * If @target is blocked in a system call, returns zero with *@callno
34 * set to the the call's number and @args filled in with its arguments.
35 * Registers not used for system call arguments may not be available and
36 * it is not kosher to use &struct user_regset calls while the system
37 * call is still in progress. Note we may get this result if @target
38 * has finished its system call but not yet returned to user mode, such
39 * as when it's stopped for signal handling or syscall exit tracing.
40 *
41 * If @target is blocked in the kernel during a fault or exception,
42 * returns zero with *@callno set to -1 and does not fill in @args.
43 * If so, it's now safe to examine @target using &struct user_regset
44 * get() calls as long as we're sure @target won't return to user mode.
45 *
46 * Returns -%EAGAIN if @target does not remain blocked.
47 *
48 * Returns -%EINVAL if @maxargs is too large (maximum is six).
49 */
50int task_current_syscall(struct task_struct *target, long *callno,
51 unsigned long args[6], unsigned int maxargs,
52 unsigned long *sp, unsigned long *pc)
53{
54 long state;
55 unsigned long ncsw;
56
57 if (unlikely(maxargs > 6))
58 return -EINVAL;
59
60 if (target == current)
61 return collect_syscall(target, callno, args, maxargs, sp, pc);
62
63 state = target->state;
64 if (unlikely(!state))
65 return -EAGAIN;
66
67 ncsw = wait_task_inactive(target, state);
68 if (unlikely(!ncsw) ||
69 unlikely(collect_syscall(target, callno, args, maxargs, sp, pc)) ||
70 unlikely(wait_task_inactive(target, state) != ncsw))
71 return -EAGAIN;
72
73 return 0;
74}
75EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_current_syscall);