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authorJeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>2008-06-12 15:21:41 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-06-12 18:05:40 -0700
commitf1ef9167ca4494a8c6d71d0031c73e9c8841eadd (patch)
treea4c5a1420501a54ddd5bcf44ff7224e3293e8d3e
parent14c8a77e1bbd693446dad297d2ae2dd22f187e4f (diff)
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uml: work around broken host PTRACE_SYSEMU
Fedora broke PTRACE_SYSEMU again, and UML crashes as a result when it doesn't need to. This patch makes the PTRACE_SYSEMU check fail gracefully and makes UML fall back to PTRACE_SYSCALL. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c25
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
index b4b36e0f2e89..183db26d01bf 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ static int stop_ptraced_child(int pid, int exitcode, int mustexit)
{
int status, n, ret = 0;
- if (ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, 0, 0) < 0)
- fatal_perror("stop_ptraced_child : ptrace failed");
+ if (ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, 0, 0) < 0) {
+ perror("stop_ptraced_child : ptrace failed");
+ return -1;
+ }
CATCH_EINTR(n = waitpid(pid, &status, 0));
if (!WIFEXITED(status) || (WEXITSTATUS(status) != exitcode)) {
int exit_with = WEXITSTATUS(status);
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ static void __init check_sysemu(void)
if (n < 0)
fatal_perror("check_sysemu : wait failed");
if (!WIFSTOPPED(status) || (WSTOPSIG(status) != SIGTRAP))
- fatal("check_sysemu : expected SIGTRAP, got status = %d",
+ fatal("check_sysemu : expected SIGTRAP, got status = %d\n",
status);
if (ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, pid, 0, regs) < 0)
@@ -254,9 +256,11 @@ static void __init check_sysemu(void)
if (WIFSTOPPED(status) &&
(WSTOPSIG(status) == (SIGTRAP|0x80))) {
- if (!count)
- fatal("check_ptrace : SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP "
- "doesn't singlestep");
+ if (!count) {
+ non_fatal("check_ptrace : SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP "
+ "doesn't singlestep");
+ goto fail;
+ }
n = ptrace(PTRACE_POKEUSR, pid, PT_SYSCALL_RET_OFFSET,
os_getpid());
if (n < 0)
@@ -266,9 +270,12 @@ static void __init check_sysemu(void)
}
else if (WIFSTOPPED(status) && (WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGTRAP))
count++;
- else
- fatal("check_ptrace : expected SIGTRAP or "
- "(SIGTRAP | 0x80), got status = %d", status);
+ else {
+ non_fatal("check_ptrace : expected SIGTRAP or "
+ "(SIGTRAP | 0x80), got status = %d\n",
+ status);
+ goto fail;
+ }
}
if (stop_ptraced_child(pid, 0, 0) < 0)
goto fail_stopped;