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authorChuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>2006-01-11 21:46:03 (GMT)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-01-12 03:05:00 (GMT)
commit60923df35edab273d0bd8e829cdfdc5cfbb4fd2c (patch)
treed4869124d1344f711671a33628e5eebb16ecd68c /arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c
parent100c0e36852a771864c56c31b260b7810b554170 (diff)
downloadlinux-60923df35edab273d0bd8e829cdfdc5cfbb4fd2c.tar.xz
[PATCH] x86_64: allow setting RF in EFLAGS
Setting RF (resume flag) allows a debugger to resume execution after a code breakpoint without tripping the breakpoint again. It is reset by the CPU after executing one instruction. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c
index 5f4cdfa..ea4394e 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/ptrace32.c
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@
#include <asm/i387.h>
#include <asm/fpu32.h>
-/* determines which flags the user has access to. */
-/* 1 = access 0 = no access */
-#define FLAG_MASK 0x44dd5UL
+/*
+ * Determines which flags the user has access to [1 = access, 0 = no access].
+ * Prohibits changing ID(21), VIP(20), VIF(19), VM(17), IOPL(12-13), IF(9).
+ * Also masks reserved bits (31-22, 15, 5, 3, 1).
+ */
+#define FLAG_MASK 0x54dd5UL
#define R32(l,q) \
case offsetof(struct user32, regs.l): stack[offsetof(struct pt_regs, q)/8] = val; break