linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in 'data'

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Date:	Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:24:45 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in
	'data'

On 09/08, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>
> Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in 'data' parameter

Thanks, looks good. But we need the correct "Simplify PTRACE_foo..."
first.

> Make it possible to extend SEIZE in the future with more functionality
> by passing non-zero 'addr' parameter.

Agreed, this makes sense.

> Set all task->ptrace bits in one operation - before this change,
> we were adding PT_SEIZED and PT_PTRACE_CAP with task->ptrace |= BIT ops.
> This was probably ok (not a bug), but let's be on a safer side.

PT_PTRACE_CAP is fine, but PT_SEIZED is not really, afaics.

Oleg.

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