The patch titled Subject: ptrace/x86: flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint() shoule clear the virtual debug registers has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ptrace-x86-flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint-shoule-clear-the-virtual-debug-registers.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ptrace/x86: flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint() shoule clear the virtual debug registers flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint() destroys the counters set by ptrace, but "leaks" ->debugreg6 and ->ptrace_dr7. The problem is minor, but still it doesn't look right and flush_thread() did this until 66cb5917 ("hw-breakpoints: use the new wrapper routines to access debug registers in process/thread code"). Now that PTRACE_DETACH does flush_ too this makes even more sense. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Cc: Prasad <prasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c~ptrace-x86-flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint-shoule-clear-the-virtual-debug-registers arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c --- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c~ptrace-x86-flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint-shoule-clear-the-virtual-debug-registers +++ a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c @@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ void flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(struct t unregister_hw_breakpoint(t->ptrace_bps[i]); t->ptrace_bps[i] = NULL; } + + t->debugreg6 = 0; + t->ptrace_dr7 = 0; } void hw_breakpoint_restore(void) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are posix_cpu_timer-consolidate-expiry-time-type.patch posix_cpu_timers-consolidate-timer-list-cleanups.patch posix_cpu_timers-consolidate-expired-timers-check.patch posix-timers-correctly-get-dying-task-time-sample-in-posix_cpu_timer_schedule.patch posix_timers-fix-racy-timer-delta-caching-on-task-exit.patch lockdep-introduce-lock_acquire_exclusive-shared-helper-macros.patch lglock-update-lockdep-annotations-to-report-recursive-local-locks.patch autofs4-allow-autofs-to-work-outside-the-initial-pid-namespace.patch autofs4-translate-pids-to-the-right-namespace-for-the-daemon.patch ptrace-x86-revert-hw_breakpoints-fix-racy-access-to-ptrace-breakpoints.patch ptrace-powerpc-revert-hw_breakpoints-fix-racy-access-to-ptrace-breakpoints.patch ptrace-arm-revert-hw_breakpoints-fix-racy-access-to-ptrace-breakpoints.patch ptrace-sh-revert-hw_breakpoints-fix-racy-access-to-ptrace-breakpoints.patch ptrace-revert-prepare-to-fix-racy-accesses-on-task-breakpoints.patch ptrace-x86-simplify-the-disable-logic-in-ptrace_write_dr7.patch ptrace-x86-dont-delay-disable-till-second-pass-in-ptrace_write_dr7.patch ptrace-x86-introduce-ptrace_register_breakpoint.patch ptrace-x86-ptrace_write_dr7-should-create-bp-if-disabled.patch ptrace-x86-cleanup-ptrace_set_debugreg.patch ptrace-ptrace_detach-should-do-flush_ptrace_hw_breakpointchild.patch ptrace-x86-flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint-shoule-clear-the-virtual-debug-registers.patch x86-kill-tif_debug.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html