History log of /freebsd-10-stable/lib/libc/sys/ptrace.2
Revision Date Author Comments
# 321146 18-Jul-2017 ngie

MFC r318718,r318719,r318720,r318721:

r318718:

rctl_add_rule(2): fix manlint warnings

- Fix commas (either missing or misused) after .Nm entries in SYNOPSIS

r318719:

open(2): fix manlint warnings

- Sort SEE ALSO .Xr entries.
- Sort sections (HISTORY comes after STANDARDS).

r318720:

ptrace(2): clean up trailing whitespace

r318721:

kill(2): add missing section for sysctl(9)


# 305341 03-Sep-2016 kib

MFC r304928:
Do not obliterate errno value in the main thread during ptrace(2) call on x86.

MFC r304931:
Follow ABI when calling __error from the ptrace(2) wrapper.

MFC r305012:
Rewrite ptrace(2) wrappers in C.

MFC r305022:
Restore the requirement of setting errno to zero before calling ptrace(2).


# 305186 01-Sep-2016 kib

MFC r305024:
Typesetting fixes.


# 304499 19-Aug-2016 jhb

MFC 303001: Add PTRACE_VFORK to trace vfork events.

First, PL_FLAG_FORKED events now also set a PL_FLAG_VFORKED flag when
the new child was created via vfork() rather than fork(). Second, a
new PL_FLAG_VFORK_DONE event can now be enabled via the PTRACE_VFORK
event mask. This new stop is reported after the vfork parent resumes
due to the child calling exit or exec. Debuggers can use this stop to
reinsert breakpoints in the vfork parent process before it resumes.


# 304188 15-Aug-2016 jhb

MFC 302900,302902,302921,303461,304009:
Add a mask of optional ptrace() events.

302900:
Add a test for user signal delivery.

This test verifies we get the correct ptrace event details when a signal
is posted to a traced process from userland.

302902:
Add a mask of optional ptrace() events.

ptrace() now stores a mask of optional events in p_ptevents. Currently
this mask is a single integer, but it can be expanded into an array of
integers in the future.

Two new ptrace requests can be used to manipulate the event mask:
PT_GET_EVENT_MASK fetches the current event mask and PT_SET_EVENT_MASK
sets the current event mask.

The current set of events include:
- PTRACE_EXEC: trace calls to execve().
- PTRACE_SCE: trace system call entries.
- PTRACE_SCX: trace syscam call exits.
- PTRACE_FORK: trace forks and auto-attach to new child processes.
- PTRACE_LWP: trace LWP events.

The S_PT_SCX and S_PT_SCE events in the procfs p_stops flags have
been replaced by PTRACE_SCE and PTRACE_SCX. PTRACE_FORK replaces
P_FOLLOW_FORK and PTRACE_LWP replaces P2_LWP_EVENTS.

The PT_FOLLOW_FORK and PT_LWP_EVENTS ptrace requests remain for
compatibility but now simply toggle corresponding flags in the
event mask.

While here, document that PT_SYSCALL, PT_TO_SCE, and PT_TO_SCX both
modify the event mask and continue the traced process.

302921:
Rename PTRACE_SYSCALL to LINUX_PTRACE_SYSCALL.

303461:
Note that not all optional ptrace events use SIGTRAP.

New child processes attached due to PTRACE_FORK use SIGSTOP instead of
SIGTRAP. All other ptrace events use SIGTRAP.

304009:
Remove description of P_FOLLOWFORK as this flag was removed.


# 304017 12-Aug-2016 jhb

MFC 292894,292896: Add ptrace(2) reporting for LWP events.

292894:
Add ptrace(2) reporting for LWP events.

Add two new LWPINFO flags: PL_FLAG_BORN and PL_FLAG_EXITED for reporting
thread creation and destruction. Newly created threads will stop to report
PL_FLAG_BORN before returning to userland and exiting threads will stop to
report PL_FLAG_EXIT before exiting completely. Both of these events are
only enabled and reported if PT_LWP_EVENTS is enabled on a process.

292896:
Document the recently added support for ptrace(2) LWP events.


# 290464 06-Nov-2015 jhb

MFC 289636:
Switch pl_child_pid from int to pid_t.


# 289780 22-Oct-2015 jhb

MFC 287386,288949,288993:
Export current system call code and argument count for system call entry
and exit events. To preserve the ABI, the new fields are moved to the
end of struct thread in these branches (unlike HEAD) and explicitly copied
when new threads are created. In addition, the new tests are only added
in 10.

r287386:
Export current system call code and argument count for system call entry
and exit events. procfs stop events for system call tracing report these
values (argument count for system call entry and code for system call exit),
but ptrace() does not provide this information. (Note that while the system
call code can be determined in an ABI-specific manner during system call
entry, it is not generally available during system call exit.)

The values are exported via new fields at the end of struct ptrace_lwpinfo
available via PT_LWPINFO.

r288949:
Fix various edge cases related to system call tracing.
- Always set td_dbg_sc_* when P_TRACED is set on system call entry
even if the debugger is not tracing system call entries. This
ensures the fields are valid when reporting other stops that
occur at system call boundaries such as for PT_FOLLOW_FORKS or
when only tracing system call exits.
- Set TDB_SCX when reporting the stop for a new child process in
fork_return(). This causes the event to be reported as a system
call exit.
- Report a system call exit event in fork_return() for new threads in
a traced process.
- Copy td_dbg_sc_* to new threads instead of zeroing. This ensures
that td_dbg_sc_code in particular will report the system call that
created the new thread or process when it reports a system call
exit event in fork_return().
- Add new ptrace tests to verify that new child processes and threads
report system call exit events with a valid pl_syscall_code via
PT_LWPINFO.

r288993:
Document the recently added pl_syscall_* fields in struct ptrace_lwpinfo.


# 286311 05-Aug-2015 kib

Implement x86 ptrace(2) requests PT_{GET,SET}{FS,GS}BASE.

MFC r284918:
Add helper fill_based_sd(9).

MFC r284919:
Add x86 PT_GETFSBASE, PT_GETGSBASE machine-depended ptrace requests to
obtain the thread %fs and %gs bases. Add x86 PT_SETFSBASE and
PT_SETGSBASE requests to set the bases from debuggers. The set
requests, similarly to the sysarch({I386,AMD64}_SET_FSBASE), override
the corresponding segment registers.

MFC r284965:
Document x86 machine-specific ptrace(2) requests.

MFC r285011:
Disallow a debugger on 64bit system to set fs/gs bases of the 32bit
process beyond the end of the process address space.

MFC r285104:
Grammar and language fixes.


# 286311 05-Aug-2015 kib

Implement x86 ptrace(2) requests PT_{GET,SET}{FS,GS}BASE.

MFC r284918:
Add helper fill_based_sd(9).

MFC r284919:
Add x86 PT_GETFSBASE, PT_GETGSBASE machine-depended ptrace requests to
obtain the thread %fs and %gs bases. Add x86 PT_SETFSBASE and
PT_SETGSBASE requests to set the bases from debuggers. The set
requests, similarly to the sysarch({I386,AMD64}_SET_FSBASE), override
the corresponding segment registers.

MFC r284965:
Document x86 machine-specific ptrace(2) requests.

MFC r285011:
Disallow a debugger on 64bit system to set fs/gs bases of the 32bit
process beyond the end of the process address space.

MFC r285104:
Grammar and language fixes.