in kernel/ptrace.c [499:544]
long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
{
int ret = -EPERM;
void __user *datap = (void __user *) data;
switch (request) {
case PTRACE_PEEKUSR: /* read register specified by addr. */
ret = ptrace_peekusr(child, addr, datap);
break;
case PTRACE_POKEUSR: /* write register specified by addr. */
ret = ptrace_pokeusr(child, addr, data);
break;
case PTRACE_GETREGS:
ret = ptrace_getregs(child, datap);
break;
case PTRACE_SETREGS:
ret = ptrace_setregs(child, datap);
break;
case PTRACE_GETXTREGS:
ret = ptrace_getxregs(child, datap);
break;
case PTRACE_SETXTREGS:
ret = ptrace_setxregs(child, datap);
break;
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
case PTRACE_GETHBPREGS:
ret = ptrace_gethbpregs(child, addr, datap);
break;
case PTRACE_SETHBPREGS:
ret = ptrace_sethbpregs(child, addr, datap);
break;
#endif
default:
ret = ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data);
break;
}
return ret;
}