Can someone please respond to this patch please? Even something like "it's a total crap" would be fine! Index: mips-git/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace32.c =================================================================== --- mips-git.orig/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace32.c +++ mips-git/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace32.c @@ -49,19 +49,6 @@ long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_stru int ret; switch (request) { - /* when I and D space are separate, these will need to be fixed. */ - case PTRACE_PEEKTEXT: /* read word at location addr. */ - case PTRACE_PEEKDATA: { - unsigned int tmp; - int copied; - - copied = access_process_vm(child, addr, &tmp, sizeof(tmp), 0); - ret = -EIO; - if (copied != sizeof(tmp)) - break; - ret = put_user(tmp, (unsigned int __user *) (unsigned long) data); - break; - } /* * Read 4 bytes of the other process' storage @@ -208,16 +195,6 @@ long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_stru break; } - /* when I and D space are separate, this will have to be fixed. */ - case PTRACE_POKETEXT: /* write the word at location addr. */ - case PTRACE_POKEDATA: - ret = 0; - if (access_process_vm(child, addr, &data, sizeof(data), 1) - == sizeof(data)) - break; - ret = -EIO; - break; - /* * Write 4 bytes into the other process' storage * data is the 4 bytes that the user wants written @@ -332,50 +309,11 @@ long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_stru ret = ptrace_setfpregs(child, (__u32 __user *) (__u64) data); break; - case PTRACE_SYSCALL: /* continue and stop at next (return from) syscall */ - case PTRACE_CONT: { /* restart after signal. */ - ret = -EIO; - if (!valid_signal(data)) - break; - if (request == PTRACE_SYSCALL) { - set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE); - } - else { - clear_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE); - } - child->exit_code = data; - wake_up_process(child); - ret = 0; - break; - } - - /* - * make the child exit. Best I can do is send it a sigkill. - * perhaps it should be put in the status that it wants to - * exit. - */ - case PTRACE_KILL: - ret = 0; - if (child->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) /* already dead */ - break; - child->exit_code = SIGKILL; - wake_up_process(child); - break; - case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA: ret = put_user(task_thread_info(child)->tp_value, (unsigned int __user *) (unsigned long) data); break; - case PTRACE_DETACH: /* detach a process that was attached. */ - ret = ptrace_detach(child, data); - break; - - case PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG: - ret = put_user(child->ptrace_message, - (unsigned int __user *) (unsigned long) data); - break; - case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA_3264: ret = put_user(task_thread_info(child)->tp_value, (unsigned long __user *) (unsigned long) data); @@ -392,7 +330,7 @@ long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_stru break; default: - ret = ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data); + ret = compat_ptrace_request(child, request, addr, data); break; } out: