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authorDavid Smith <dsmith@redhat.com>2010-04-07 16:02:24 -0500
committerDavid Smith <dsmith@redhat.com>2010-04-07 16:02:24 -0500
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Added kernel_pointer()/set_kernel_pointer() tapset functions.
* tapset/conversions.stp (kernel_pointer): New function. * tapset/conversions-guru.stp (set_kernel_pointer): Ditto. * testsuite/buildok/conversions-embedded.stp: Added kernel_pointer() test. * testsuite/buildok/conversions.stp: Ditto. * testsuite/buildok/set_kernel.stp: Added set_kernel_pointer() test. * tapset/nfs.stp: Removed __d_loff_t() function. Uses new kernel_pointer() function instead. * testsuite/buildok/nfs-embedded.stp: Removed __d_loff_t() test.
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diff --git a/tapset/conversions-guru.stp b/tapset/conversions-guru.stp
index f914bb31..9d662ce3 100644
--- a/tapset/conversions-guru.stp
+++ b/tapset/conversions-guru.stp
@@ -115,3 +115,21 @@ deref_fault: /* branched to from kwrite() */
CONTEXT->last_error = CONTEXT->error_buffer;
}
%}
+
+/**
+ * sfunction set_kernel_pointer - Writes a pointer value to kernel memory.
+ * @addr: The kernel address to write the pointer to.
+ * @val: The pointer which is to be written.
+ *
+ * Description: Writes the pointer value to a given kernel memory address.
+ * Reports an error when writing to the given address fails.
+ */
+function set_kernel_pointer (addr:long, val:long) %{ /* guru */
+ kwrite((void **) (intptr_t) THIS->addr, THIS->val);
+ if (0) {
+deref_fault: /* branched to from kwrite() */
+ snprintf (CONTEXT->error_buffer, sizeof(CONTEXT->error_buffer),
+ "kernel pointer copy fault at 0x%p", (void *) (uintptr_t) THIS->addr);
+ CONTEXT->last_error = CONTEXT->error_buffer;
+ }
+%}