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[IA64] forbid ptrace changes psr.ri to 3

The "ri" field in the processor status register only has defined
values of 0, 1, 2.  Do not let ptrace set this to 3.  As with
other reserved fields in registers we silently discard the value.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Shaohua Li 17 years ago
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1 changed files with 7 additions and 3 deletions
  1. 7 3
      arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c

+ 7 - 3
arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c

@@ -951,10 +951,14 @@ access_uarea (struct task_struct *child, unsigned long addr,
 			return 0;
 
 		      case PT_CR_IPSR:
-			if (write_access)
-				pt->cr_ipsr = ((*data & IPSR_MASK)
+			if (write_access) {
+				unsigned long tmp = *data;
+				/* psr.ri==3 is a reserved value: SDM 2:25 */
+				if ((tmp & IA64_PSR_RI) == IA64_PSR_RI)
+					tmp &= ~IA64_PSR_RI;
+				pt->cr_ipsr = ((tmp & IPSR_MASK)
 					       | (pt->cr_ipsr & ~IPSR_MASK));
-			else
+			} else
 				*data = (pt->cr_ipsr & IPSR_MASK);
 			return 0;