long compat_arch_ptrace()

in kernel/ptrace.c [247:313]

• 46 lines of code
• 17 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, compat_long_t request,
			compat_ulong_t addr, compat_ulong_t data)
{
	compat_uint_t tmp;
	long ret = -EIO;

	switch (request) {

	case PTRACE_PEEKUSR:
		if (addr & (sizeof(compat_uint_t)-1))
			break;
		addr = translate_usr_offset(addr);
		if (addr >= sizeof(struct pt_regs))
			break;

		tmp = *(compat_uint_t *) ((char *) task_regs(child) + addr);
		ret = put_user(tmp, (compat_uint_t *) (unsigned long) data);
		break;

	/* Write the word at location addr in the USER area.  This will need
	   to change when the kernel no longer saves all regs on a syscall.
	   FIXME.  There is a problem at the moment in that r3-r18 are only
	   saved if the process is ptraced on syscall entry, and even then
	   those values are overwritten by actual register values on syscall
	   exit. */
	case PTRACE_POKEUSR:
		/* Some register values written here may be ignored in
		 * entry.S:syscall_restore_rfi; e.g. iaoq is written with
		 * r31/r31+4, and not with the values in pt_regs.
		 */
		if (addr == PT_PSW) {
			/* Since PT_PSW==0, it is valid for 32 bit processes
			 * under 64 bit kernels as well.
			 */
			ret = arch_ptrace(child, request, addr, data);
		} else {
			if (addr & (sizeof(compat_uint_t)-1))
				break;
			addr = translate_usr_offset(addr);
			if (addr >= sizeof(struct pt_regs))
				break;
			if (addr == PT_IAOQ0+4 || addr == PT_IAOQ1+4) {
				data |= 3; /* ensure userspace privilege */
			}
			if (addr >= PT_FR0 && addr <= PT_FR31 + 4) {
				/* Special case, fp regs are 64 bits anyway */
				*(__u32 *) ((char *) task_regs(child) + addr) = data;
				ret = 0;
			}
			else if ((addr >= PT_GR1+4 && addr <= PT_GR31+4) ||
					addr == PT_IAOQ0+4 || addr == PT_IAOQ1+4 ||
					addr == PT_SAR+4) {
				/* Zero the top 32 bits */
				*(__u32 *) ((char *) task_regs(child) + addr - 4) = 0;
				*(__u32 *) ((char *) task_regs(child) + addr) = data;
				ret = 0;
			}
		}
		break;

	default:
		ret = compat_ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
		break;
	}

	return ret;
}