[PATCH tracing/kprobes 1/7] x86/ptrace: Fix regs_get_argument_nth()to add correct offset

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Fix regs_get_argument_nth() to add correct offset bytes. Because
offset_of() returns offset in byte, the offset should be added
to char * instead of unsigned long *.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: K.Prasad <prasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@xxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index a33a17d..caffb68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static const int arg_offs_table[] = {
 unsigned long regs_get_argument_nth(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int n)
 {
 	if (n < ARRAY_SIZE(arg_offs_table))
-		return *((unsigned long *)regs + arg_offs_table[n]);
+		return *(unsigned long *)((char *)regs + arg_offs_table[n]);
 	else {
 		/*
 		 * The typical case: arg n is on the stack.


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx
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