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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Kees Cook
  • Date: 2010-06-08 15:46:44 UTC
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20100608154644-9e0pp8247xe11l0m
Tags: 7.1-1ubuntu3
Add debian/patches/ptrace-error-verbosity.patch: try to make PTRACE
scope sysctl more discoverable.

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gdb/inf-ptrace.c
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  errno = 0;
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  ptrace (PT_ATTACH, pid, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3)0, 0);
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  if (errno != 0)
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    perror_with_name (("ptrace"));
 
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    {
 
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      if (errno == EPERM)
 
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        {
 
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              fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr,
 
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            _("Could not attach to process.  If your uid matches the uid of the target\n"
 
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              "process, check the setting of /proc/sys/kernel/ptrace_scope, or try again\n"
 
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              "as the root user.  For more details, see /etc/sysctl.d/10-ptrace.conf\n"));
 
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        }
 
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      perror_with_name (("ptrace"));
 
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    }
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#else
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  error (_("This system does not support attaching to a process"));
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#endif