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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
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Commit2991552447("entry: Drop usage of TIF flags in the generic syscall code") introduced a bug on architectures using the generic syscall entry code, in which processes stopped by PTRACE_SYSCALL do not trap on syscall return after receiving a TIF_SINGLESTEP. The reason is that the meaning of TIF_SINGLESTEP flag is overloaded to cause the trap after a system call is executed, but since the above commit, the syscall call handler only checks for the SYSCALL_WORK flags on the exit work. Split the meaning of TIF_SINGLESTEP such that it only means single-step mode, and create a new type of SYSCALL_WORK to request a trap immediately after a syscall in single-step mode. In the current implementation, the SYSCALL_WORK flag shadows the TIF_SINGLESTEP flag for simplicity. Update x86 to flip this bit when a tracer enables single stepping. Fixes:2991552447("entry: Drop usage of TIF flags in the generic syscall code") Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@collabora.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Kyle Huey <me@kylehuey.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87h7mtc9pr.fsf_-_@collabora.com
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the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.