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The fs_base and gs_base fields are available in user_regs_struct. But reading these via ptrace (PTRACE_GETREGS or PTRACE_PEEKUSR) does not give a reliably useful value. The thread_struct fields are 0 when do_arch_prctl decided to use a GDT slot instead of MSR_FS_BASE, which it does for a value under 1<<32. This changes ptrace access to fs_base and gs_base to work like PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL does. That is, it reads the base address that user-mode memory access using the fs/gs instruction prefixes will use, regardless of how it's being implemented in the kernel. The MSR vs GDT is an implementation detail that is pretty much hidden from userland in the actual using, and there is no reason that ptrace should give the internal implementation picture rather than the user-mode semantic picture. In the case of setting the value, this can implicitly change the fsindex/gsindex value (also separately in user_regs_struct), which is what happens when the thread calls arch_prctl itself. In a PTRACE_SETREGS, the fs_base change will come after the fsindex change due to the order of the struct, and so a change the debugger made to fs_base will have the effect intended, another part of the user_regs_struct will now differ when read back from what the debugger wrote. This makes PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL obsolete. We could consider declaring it deprecated and removing it one day, though there is no hurry. For the foreseeable future, debuggers have to assume an old kernel that does not report reliable fs_base/gs_base values in user_regs_struct and stick to PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL anyway. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> |
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