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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/step.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c index cd3b2438a98..9b4d51d0c0d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/step.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/step.c @@ -165,10 +165,11 @@ void set_task_blockstep(struct task_struct *task, bool on) * Ensure irq/preemption can't change debugctl in between. * Note also that both TIF_BLOCKSTEP and debugctl should * be changed atomically wrt preemption. - * FIXME: this means that set/clear TIF_BLOCKSTEP is simply - * wrong if task != current, SIGKILL can wakeup the stopped - * tracee and set/clear can play with the running task, this - * can confuse the next __switch_to_xtra(). + * + * NOTE: this means that set/clear TIF_BLOCKSTEP is only safe if + * task is current or it can't be running, otherwise we can race + * with __switch_to_xtra(). We rely on ptrace_freeze_traced() but + * PTRACE_KILL is not safe. */ local_irq_disable(); debugctl = get_debugctlmsr(); |