From: Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org>
To: prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: Michael Stefaniuc <mstefani@redhat.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Maneesh Soni <maneesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@gmail.com>,
Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Regression in ptrace (Wine) starting with 2.6.33-rc1
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:57:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ljeutru3.fsf@wine.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100215115713.GA8907@in.ibm.com> (K. Prasad's message of "Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:27:13 +0530")
"K.Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> We could change this to become 'local' for every local request (but still
> cleanup the breakpoints using scheduler hooks like the way we presently
> do), but I think this is an implementation detail and that a ptrace user
> need not worry about it. Or do you believe that there's any?
>
> I'm afraid I don't understand your motivation for these read/write tests
> on debug control register? Such tests, as in this case, cause unnecessary
> panic due to changes in an implementation detail internal to the kernel
> without any perceptible difference in functionality.
Various copy protection schemes such as Safedisc do all sorts of strange
manipulations and checks on the debug registers, in an attempt to make
sure that the app is not being run under a debugger. The Wine exception
tests try to replicate that behavior.
--
Alexandre Julliard
julliard@winehq.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-15 16:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-11 16:33 Regression in ptrace (Wine) starting with 2.6.33-rc1 Michael Stefaniuc
2010-02-11 18:22 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-11 19:49 ` Michael Stefaniuc
2010-02-12 18:15 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-13 17:33 ` K.Prasad
2010-02-13 21:29 ` Michael Stefaniuc
2010-02-14 17:15 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-14 20:13 ` Michael Stefaniuc
2010-02-14 20:41 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-14 23:05 ` Michael Stefaniuc
2010-02-15 11:57 ` K.Prasad
2010-02-15 15:57 ` Alexandre Julliard [this message]
2010-02-15 19:37 ` Michael Stefaniuc
2010-02-15 19:47 ` Roland McGrath
2010-02-17 16:03 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-17 17:06 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-18 17:59 ` Regression in ptrace (Wine) starting with 2.6.33-rc1, fixes Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-18 19:27 ` Michael Stefaniuc
2010-02-18 19:41 ` Alexandre Julliard
2010-02-19 17:19 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-19 17:17 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-18 18:00 ` [PATCH 1/2] hw-breakpoints: Accept breakpoints on NULL address Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-18 21:16 ` Roland McGrath
2010-02-19 17:38 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-19 8:51 ` K.Prasad
2010-02-18 18:00 ` [PATCH 2/2] hw-breakpoint: Keep track of dr7 local enable bits Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-19 8:45 ` K.Prasad
2010-02-19 15:34 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-19 17:58 ` K.Prasad
2010-02-19 18:03 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-19 8:58 ` K.Prasad
2010-02-19 15:49 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-19 17:41 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-19 18:04 ` K.Prasad
2010-02-19 18:12 ` [GIT PULL] hw-breakpoint regression fixes Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-22 9:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2010-02-19 18:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] hw-breakpoints: Accept breakpoints on NULL address Frederic Weisbecker
2010-02-19 18:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] hw-breakpoint: Keep track of dr7 local enable bits Frederic Weisbecker
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