1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 1653d35419a1..4a1745f1dadf 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -501,3 +501,11 @@ int generic_ptrace_peekdata(struct task_struct *tsk, long addr, long data)
                 return -EIO;
         return put_user(tmp, (unsigned long __user *)data);
 }
+
+int generic_ptrace_pokedata(struct task_struct *tsk, long addr, long data)
+{
+        int copied;
+
+        copied = access_process_vm(tsk, addr, &data, sizeof(data), 1);
+        return (copied == sizeof(data)) ? 0 : -EIO;
+}