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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/proc/array.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/proc/array.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c index 81818adb8e9e..c932ec454625 100644 --- a/fs/proc/array.c +++ b/fs/proc/array.c @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ #include <linux/tty.h> #include <linux/string.h> #include <linux/mman.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/proc_fs.h> #include <linux/ioport.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> @@ -416,7 +417,15 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns, * esp and eip are intentionally zeroed out. There is no * non-racy way to read them without freezing the task. * Programs that need reliable values can use ptrace(2). + * + * The only exception is if the task is core dumping because + * a program is not able to use ptrace(2) in that case. It is + * safe because the task has stopped executing permanently. */ + if (permitted && (task->flags & PF_DUMPCORE)) { + eip = KSTK_EIP(task); + esp = KSTK_ESP(task); + } } get_task_comm(tcomm, task); |