linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] ptrace: implement PTRACE

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 14:00:13 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Pedro Alves <pedro@...esourcery.com>
Cc:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>, oleg@...hat.com,
	jan.kratochvil@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	indan@....nu, bdonlan@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] ptrace: implement PTRACE_SEIZE

Hello,

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:49:58AM +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
> A couple interface questions that just crossed my mind:
> 
>  - on a fork/vfork/clone, if PTRACE_EVENT_FORK|VFORK|CLONE have been
>    enabled, will the tracer still see the new child stop with a
>    SIGSTOP, or will it see a PTRACE_EVENT_INTERRUPT?

This won't change, so SIGSTOP although we probably want to improve it
such that this can be distinguished from SIGTRAP from userland.

>  - is PTRACE_INTERRUPT on PTRACE_TRACEME-traced-child planed to
>    be allowed (for convenience)?
>    A PTRACE_O_TRACEINTERRUPT, or some such PTRACE_SETOPTIONS
>    option might be necessary to get PTRACE_EVENT_INTERRUPT instead
>    of SIGSTOP in the point above.

I'm currently leaning toward deprecating PTRACE_TRACEME.  If a task
can PTRACE_TRACEME, it may as well just do pause(2) and let the parent
SEIZE it.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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