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Add more detail for ptrace documentation
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thomasqueirozb authored Mar 6, 2023
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18 changes: 10 additions & 8 deletions src/sys/ptrace/linux.rs
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Expand Up @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ unsafe fn ptrace_other(
.map(|_| 0)
}

/// Set options, as with `ptrace(PTRACE_SETOPTIONS,...)`.
/// Set options, as with `ptrace(PTRACE_SETOPTIONS, ...)`.
pub fn setoptions(pid: Pid, options: Options) -> Result<()> {
let res = unsafe {
libc::ptrace(
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Errno::result(res).map(drop)
}

/// Gets a ptrace event as described by `ptrace(PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG,...)`
/// Gets a ptrace event as described by `ptrace(PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG, ...)`
pub fn getevent(pid: Pid) -> Result<c_long> {
ptrace_get_data::<c_long>(Request::PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG, pid)
}

/// Get siginfo as with `ptrace(PTRACE_GETSIGINFO,...)`
/// Get siginfo as with `ptrace(PTRACE_GETSIGINFO, ...)`
pub fn getsiginfo(pid: Pid) -> Result<siginfo_t> {
ptrace_get_data::<siginfo_t>(Request::PTRACE_GETSIGINFO, pid)
}

/// Set siginfo as with `ptrace(PTRACE_SETSIGINFO,...)`
/// Set siginfo as with `ptrace(PTRACE_SETSIGINFO, ...)`
pub fn setsiginfo(pid: Pid, sig: &siginfo_t) -> Result<()> {
let ret = unsafe {
Errno::clear();
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}
}

/// Reads a word from a processes memory at the given address
/// Reads a word from a processes memory at the given address, as with
/// ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKDATA, ...)
pub fn read(pid: Pid, addr: AddressType) -> Result<c_long> {
ptrace_peek(Request::PTRACE_PEEKDATA, pid, addr, ptr::null_mut())
}

/// Writes a word into the processes memory at the given address
/// Writes a word into the processes memory at the given address, as with
/// ptrace(PTRACE_POKEDATA, ...)
///
/// # Safety
///
Expand All @@ -536,13 +538,13 @@ pub unsafe fn write(
ptrace_other(Request::PTRACE_POKEDATA, pid, addr, data).map(drop)
}

/// Reads a word from a user area at `offset`.
/// Reads a word from a user area at `offset`, as with ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, ...).
/// The user struct definition can be found in `/usr/include/sys/user.h`.
pub fn read_user(pid: Pid, offset: AddressType) -> Result<c_long> {
ptrace_peek(Request::PTRACE_PEEKUSER, pid, offset, ptr::null_mut())
}

/// Writes a word to a user area at `offset`.
/// Writes a word to a user area at `offset`, as with ptrace(PTRACE_POKEUSER, ...).
/// The user struct definition can be found in `/usr/include/sys/user.h`.
///
/// # Safety
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