linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/X] ptrace: introduce the empty "struct ptrace

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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 05:30:51 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/X] ptrace: introduce the empty "struct
	ptrace_task"


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:

> --- PTRACE/include/linux/sched.h~3_STRUCT	2009-05-24 21:29:04.000000000 +0200
> +++ PTRACE/include/linux/sched.h	2009-05-24 22:14:41.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@ struct task_struct {
>  	struct list_head sibling;	/* linkage in my parent's children list */
>  	struct task_struct *group_leader;	/* threadgroup leader */
>  
> +	struct ptrace_task *ptrace_task;
>  	/*
>  	 * ptraced is the list of tasks this task is using ptrace on.
>  	 * This includes both natural children and PTRACE_ATTACH targets.

the naming sucks.

Please use 'struct ptrace_context' and '*ptrace_ctx' instead.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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