Unfortunately the SPARC ptrace port handles the addr/data args the opposite of every other arch. It expects the struct to be in addr and the data is ignored. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/ptrace.2 | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2 index 68601df..7cce955 100644 --- a/man2/ptrace.2 +++ b/man2/ptrace.2 @@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ respectively, to location \fIdata\fP in the parent. See \fI<sys/user.h>\fP for information on the format of this data. (\fIaddr\fP is ignored.) + +Note that SPARC systems have the meaning of \fIdata\fP and \fIaddr\fP reversed. .TP .BR PTRACE_GETSIGINFO " (since Linux 2.3.99-pre6)" Retrieve information about the signal that caused the stop. @@ -184,6 +186,8 @@ As for some general purpose register modifications may be disallowed. (\fIaddr\fP is ignored.) + +Note that SPARC systems have the meaning of \fIdata\fP and \fIaddr\fP reversed. .TP .BR PTRACE_SETSIGINFO " (since Linux 2.3.99-pre6)" Set signal information. -- 1.6.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
