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authorAndreas Arnez <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-03-14 11:14:49 +0100
committerAndreas Arnez <arnez@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-03-14 11:14:49 +0100
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linux-nat: Exploit /proc/<pid>/mem for writing
So far linux_proc_xfer_partial refused to handle write requests. This is still based on the assumption that the Linux kernel does not support writes to /proc/<pid>/mem. That used to be true, but has changed with Linux 2.6.39 released in May 2011. This patch lifts this restriction and now exploits /proc/<pid>/mem for writing to inferior memory as well, if possible. gdb/ChangeLog: * linux-nat.c (linux_proc_xfer_partial): Handle write operations as well.
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