linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ptrace: it is fun to strace /sbin/init

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Message-ID: <m37ifqdgfu.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:30:29 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	xemul@...nvz.org, pavel@....cz, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
	roland@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptrace: it is fun to strace /sbin/init

Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> writes:

> The problem is that you can deadlock if you are not very careful.

I can damage the system in trillion ways, one more is not a problem
:-)

Hopefully someone will write the details down to enable root to be
very careful.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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