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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: the fault address of a traced process
From:       Jeff Dike <jdike () karaya ! com>
Date:       2001-09-30 23:39:51
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bruce@cs.usyd.edu.au said:
> The tracer now wants to determine the traced process' faulted address.
> According to the (2.2.19) kernel source 
 [snip]
> How should a tracer extract this information under a current (2.2.*,
> 2.4.*) Linux? 

Read some more UML source, specifically, 

segv_handler() in arch/um/kernel/trap_user.c and also the i386 definitions
in arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/sigcontext.h

Basically, you are passed the necessary information in a sigcontext struct.

				Jeff

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