linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Proposal for ptrace improvements

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Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:32:36 +0100
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>, jan.kratochvil@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Proposal for ptrace improvements

Hey,

On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 11:59:02PM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Currently strace has to keep precise track on the alternating sequence
> of syscall enter/syscall exit stops. Which gets even trickier
> with extra magic SIGTRAP thrown in by execve and such.

I see.  Yeah, it would be a good idea to make sure each trap condition
can be uniquely identified by siginfo and this should definitely be
documented in the man page.

> There were (and I suspect will be) hard to debug bugs when strace
> was getting out-of sync and printing garbage.
> 
> Defining the PTRACE_GETSIGINFO's si_code so that each of these stops
> can be easily distinguished would be useful. I propose using values
> of SI_KERNEL + 1, SI_KERNEL + 2 etc, suitably #defined of course.
> 
> 
> We also have magic SIGSTOPs (magic in a sense they aren't
> real signals sent by other processes):
> * at PTRACE_ATTACH
> * in child (if PTRACE_O_TRACE[V]FORK or PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE opt is on)
> 
> For example, flagging PTRACE_ATTACH SIGSTOP so that it can be
> uniquely identified would solve some problems gdb is having with it.

This, I don't agree with.  All we need is a better attach call without
the implied SIGSTOP, there's no reason to diddle with PTRACE_ATTACH
further.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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