ARC: Implement ptrace(PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA)

commit a4b6cb7 upstream. This patch adds implementation of GET_THREAD_AREA ptrace request type. This is required by GDB to debug NPTL applications. Signed-off-by: Anton Kolesov <Anton.Kolesov@synopsys.com> Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mariux64 · Jul 28, 2014 · 0163da2 · 0163da2
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diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
 #define _UAPI__ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
 
+#define PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA	25
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 /*

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 	pr_debug("REQ=%ld: ADDR =0x%lx, DATA=0x%lx)\n", request, addr, data);
 
 	switch (request) {
+	case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA:
+		ret = put_user(task_thread_info(child)->thr_ptr,
+			       (unsigned long __user *)data);
+		break;
 	default:
 		ret = ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
 		break;