linux-kernel - Re: Trouble with ptrace self-attach rule since kernel

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Message-Id: <200609042342.41184.ah2@delair.de>
Date:	Mon, 4 Sep 2006 23:42:40 +0200
From:	Andreas Hobein <ah2@...air.de>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Markus Gutschke <markus@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: Trouble with ptrace self-attach rule since kernel > 2.6.14

> On Monday 04 September 2006 17:23, you wrote:
> > Could you test your application with 2.6.18-rc6 and this change
> >
> > 	-       if (task == current)
> > 	+       if (task->tgid == current->tgid)
> >
> > reverted? I think any report, positive or negative, would be useful.

Reverting this change in kernel 2.6.18-rc6 was successful, that means my 
application has the old behaviour as before 2.6.15. I don't know why patching 
the fedora kernel didn't lead to the same result.

I've tested tracing child threads from the parent thread as well as tracing 
siblings and parent threads from a child. All tests where successful when 
reverting the above mentioned changes.

I cannot judge wether reverting back to "if (task == current)" would cause 
trouble in other cases. On the other hand, I'm quite happy with my 
fork()/pipe() solution that works fine in my application so there is no need 
to go back from my point of view.

I started this discussion mainly to get more background information, why 
ptracing sibling threads is forbidden since kernel 2.6.15. I hope I 
understood correctly that this change was a trade-off between removing the 
self attach feature and elliminating many serious bugs. Thus I would 
understand if the change won't be reverted in future kernel versions.

Andreas
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