Re: [PATCH v6 3/8] powerpc/watchpoint/ptrace: Fix SETHWDEBUG when CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N

2020-09-17 Thread Rogerio Alves
On 9/2/20 1:29 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote: When kernel is compiled with CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N, user can still create watchpoint using PPC_PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG, with limited functionalities. But, such watchpoints are never firing because of the missing privilege settings. Fix that. It's safe

[PATCH v6 3/8] powerpc/watchpoint/ptrace: Fix SETHWDEBUG when CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N

2020-09-01 Thread Ravi Bangoria
When kernel is compiled with CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT=N, user can still create watchpoint using PPC_PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG, with limited functionalities. But, such watchpoints are never firing because of the missing privilege settings. Fix that. It's safe to set HW_BRK_TYPE_PRIV_ALL because we don't