linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ptrace.2: place GETSIGINFO and SETSIGINFO near each other

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Date:	Thu, 8 Aug 2013 18:43:56 +0400
From:	Andrew Vagin <avagin@...allels.com>
To:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
CC:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>, <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <criu@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ptrace.2: place GETSIGINFO and SETSIGINFO near each
 other

Hi Michael,

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 03:13:39AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Thanks Andrey. Applied.

You committed one of three patches. What do you think about other
patches?

ptrace.2: add description for PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO
ptrace.2: add description for PTRACE_{GET,SET}SIGMASK


Thanks,
Andrey

> 
> M
> 
> 
> On 07/16/13 10:19, Andrey Vagin wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
> > ---
> >  man2/ptrace.2 | 24 ++++++++++++------------
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2
> > index 0d77e3f..5fcac2b 100644
> > --- a/man2/ptrace.2
> > +++ b/man2/ptrace.2
> > @@ -255,18 +255,6 @@ On return, the kernel modifies
> >  .B iov.len
> >  to indicate the actual number of bytes returned.
> >  .TP
> > -.BR PTRACE_GETSIGINFO " (since Linux 2.3.99-pre6)"
> > -Retrieve information about the signal that caused the stop.
> > -Copy a
> > -.I siginfo_t
> > -structure (see
> > -.BR sigaction (2))
> > -from the tracee to the address
> > -.I data
> > -in the tracer.
> > -.RI ( addr
> > -is ignored.)
> > -.TP
> >  .BR PTRACE_SETREGS ", " PTRACE_SETFPREGS
> >  Modify the tracee's general-purpose or floating-point registers,
> >  respectively, from the address
> > @@ -301,6 +289,18 @@ and
> >  is analogous to
> >  .BR PTRACE_GETREGSET .
> >  .TP
> > +.BR PTRACE_GETSIGINFO " (since Linux 2.3.99-pre6)"
> > +Retrieve information about the signal that caused the stop.
> > +Copy a
> > +.I siginfo_t
> > +structure (see
> > +.BR sigaction (2))
> > +from the tracee to the address
> > +.I data
> > +in the tracer.
> > +.RI ( addr
> > +is ignored.)
> > +.TP
> >  .BR PTRACE_SETSIGINFO " (since Linux 2.3.99-pre6)"
> >  Set signal information:
> >  copy a
> > 
> 
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