[PATCH -next 0/2] riscv: ptrace: implement PTRACE_{PEEK,POKE}USR

Andreas Schwab schwab at suse.de
Mon Aug 22 01:19:03 PDT 2022


On Aug 22 2022, Yipeng Zou wrote:

> The PTRACE_{PEEK,POKE}USR going to get/set tracee's user register.
> This patch sets add PTRACE_{PEEK,POKE}USR and compat implement to
> riscv.
>
> I notice this issuse when transplanting some app form x86 to riscv
> recently.
> I don't know why these two function are not implemented now, and I
> found few talk about that.
>
> The {PEEK,POKE}USR are both defined in include\uapi\linux\ptrace.h,
> So I was thinking maybe these two function shouled be implemented.

There are PTRACE_[GS]ETREGSET.  I think PTRACE_{PEEK,POKE}USR are
legacy-only.

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