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[PATCH tracing/kprobes 1/7] x86/ptrace: Fix regs_get_argument_nth() to add correct offset
- From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at redhat dot com>
- To: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec at gmail dot com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis dot org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte dot hu>, lkml<linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>
- Cc: systemtap<systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>, DLE<dle-develop at lists dot sourceforge dot net>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at redhat dot com>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto at us dot ibm dot com>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at in dot ibm dot com>, Andi Kleen <ak at linux dot intel dot com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>, "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec at gmail dot com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte dot hu>, Jason Baron <jbaron at redhat dot com>, "K.Prasad" <prasad at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Lai Jiangshan <laijs at cn dot fujitsu dot com>, Li Zefan <lizf at cn dot fujitsu dot com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead dot org>, Srikar Dronamraju <srikar at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis dot org>, Tom Zanussi <tzanussi at gmail dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:53:06 -0400
- Subject: [PATCH tracing/kprobes 1/7] x86/ptrace: Fix regs_get_argument_nth() to add correct offset
- References: <20090910235258.22412.29317.stgit@dhcp-100-2-132.bos.redhat.com>
Fix regs_get_argument_nth() to add correct offset bytes. Because
offset_of() returns offset in byte, the offset should be added
to char * instead of unsigned long *.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index a33a17d..caffb68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static const int arg_offs_table[] = {
unsigned long regs_get_argument_nth(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int n)
{
if (n < ARRAY_SIZE(arg_offs_table))
- return *((unsigned long *)regs + arg_offs_table[n]);
+ return *(unsigned long *)((char *)regs + arg_offs_table[n]);
else {
/*
* The typical case: arg n is on the stack.
--
Masami Hiramatsu
Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com