disallow multi-byte hardware execution breakpoints From: Jan Beulich While AMD formally permits multi-byte execution breakpoints, Intel disallows 8-byte as much as 2- or 4-byte ones. Signed-Off-By: Jan Beulich Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -420,9 +420,9 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *chi case offsetof(struct user, u_debugreg[7]): /* See arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c for an explanation of * this awkward check.*/ - data &= ~DR_CONTROL_RESERVED; - for(i=0; i<4; i++) - if ((0x5454 >> ((data >> (16 + 4*i)) & 0xf)) & 1) + data &= ~DR_CONTROL_RESERVED; + for(i=0; i<4; i++) + if ((0x5554 >> ((data >> (16 + 4*i)) & 0xf)) & 1) break; if (i == 4) { child->thread.debugreg7 = data;