linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] ptrace children revamp

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:34:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ptrace children revamp

> hm, copying this code didn't do much to improve the world.
> 
> Is there any prospect of "fixing" this somehow?

Yes.  After this settles, it will become tractable to change the whole
locking plan for ptrace so we don't have this problem and get rid of this
kludge altogether.


Thanks,
Roland
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