GDB uses a PTRACE_PEEKUSR call with offset 0 to see if a thread is alive, so provide a success return for this particular special case. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ asmlinkage void do_ptrace(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
switch(request) {
+ case PTRACE_PEEKUSR:
+ if (addr != 0)
+ pt_error_return(regs, EIO);
+ else
+ pt_succ_return(regs, 0);
+ goto out_tsk;
+
case PTRACE_PEEKTEXT: /* read word at location addr. */
case PTRACE_PEEKDATA: {
unsigned long tmp64;