ha, forget it, it is all correct actually :)

On 06/07/12 17:30, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I am trying to change DSCR's value of a specific process with pid=XXX. For 
> this, I attach by ptrace() to XXX, inject a piece of code which does 
> mfspr/mtspr, "continue" XXX and see how it is changing. So far so good.
> 
> The problem is with "continue". The XXX process does not wake up until I 
> press a key (if XXX is waiting on something like scanf() or gets()) OR it 
> exits from sleep() if I change it to run sleep() in a loop.
> 
> Not sure if it matters but mfspr/mtspr are privileged instructions and are 
> emulated by the kernel.
> 
> How to wake XXX up?
> 
> 
> 
> #include <sys/ptrace.h>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <sys/wait.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <sys/user.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> 
> void getdata(pid_t child, long addr, void *str)
> {
>       unsigned long *ptr = (unsigned long *) str;
>       ptr[0] = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKDATA, child, addr, NULL);
> }
> 
> void putdata(pid_t child, long addr, void *str)
> {
>       unsigned long *ptr = (unsigned long *) str;
>       ptrace(PTRACE_POKEDATA, child, addr, ptr[0]);
> }
> 
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>       pid_t traced_process;
>       struct pt_regs regs, backup_regs;
>       unsigned long dscr = -1;
> /*.set_dscr:
> * 7f d1 03 a6     mtspr   17,r30
>   7d 82 10 08     twge    r2,r2     <- set breakpoint */
>       unsigned int insert_set[] = { 0x7fd103a6, 0x7d821008 };
> /*.get_dscr:
>   7f d1 02 a6     mfspr   r30,17
>   7d 82 10 08     twge    r2,r2     <- set breakpoint */
>       unsigned int insert_get[] = { 0x7fd102a6, 0x7d821008 };
>       char backup[8];
>       int len = 8;
> 
>       if((argc < 2)||(sizeof(unsigned int)!=4)) {
>               printf("Usage: %s <pid to be traced> [dscr value]\n", argv[0], 
> argv[1]);
>               exit(1);
>       }
>       if (argc > 2) {
>               dscr = atoi(argv[2]);
>       }
> 
>       traced_process = atoi(argv[1]);
>       ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, traced_process, NULL, NULL);
>       wait(NULL);
> 
>       printf("Attached to pid=%u\n", traced_process);
>       ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, traced_process, NULL, &regs);
>       backup_regs = regs;
>       getdata(traced_process, regs.nip, backup);
> 
>       if (dscr != -1) {
>               regs.gpr[30] = dscr;
>               putdata(traced_process, regs.nip, insert_set);
>               ptrace(PTRACE_SETREGS, traced_process, NULL, &regs);
>               printf("Setting DSCR = %x to gpr0\n", regs.gpr[30]);
>       } else {
>               putdata(traced_process, regs.nip, insert_get);
>               printf("Reading DSCR\n");
>       }
> 
>       printf("Continued pid=%u\n", traced_process);
>       ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, traced_process, NULL, SIGCONT);
> 
>       printf("waiting...\n");
>       wait(NULL);      // <---------------- HERE IS THE PROBLEM
> 
>       if (dscr == -1) {
>               printf("DSCR has been read\n");
>               ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, traced_process, NULL, &regs);
>               printf("Reading DSCR from gpr30 = %x\n", regs.gpr[30]);
>       }
> 
>       printf("The process stopped, Putting back the original instructions\n");
>       putdata(traced_process, backup_regs.nip, backup);
>       ptrace(PTRACE_SETREGS, traced_process, NULL, &backup_regs);
>       printf("Letting it continue with original flow\n");
>       ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, traced_process, NULL, NULL);
> 
>       return 0;
> }
> 


-- 
Alexey


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