linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ptrace: fix ptrace_signal() && STOP

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:12:33 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	vda.linux@...glemail.com, jan.kratochvil@...hat.com,
	pedro@...esourcery.com, indan@....nu, bdonlan@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ptrace: fix ptrace_signal() && STOP_DEQUEUED
	interaction

On 07/14, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
> Never mind.  I for some reason thought flipping the flag would make
> the extra step in ptrace_signal() unnecessary.  We need to clear it
> all the same so it doesn't really improve anything.  I think the
> current version should be fine

Good.

> (maybe the comment can be beefed up a
> bit?).

I agree, this is not the best comment... OK, I'll try to make a
better one. Damn this is not easy ;) and I hate the really fat
comments.

Oleg.

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