linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ptrace: ptrace_attach: check PF_KTHREAD + exit

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Message-ID: <20090506045613.GB26214@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 06:56:13 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ptrace: ptrace_attach: check PF_KTHREAD +
	exit_state instead of ->mm

On 05/05, Roland McGrath wrote:
>
> > I now have:
> >
> > #
> > # ptrace
> > #
> > ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-arch-h8300.patch
> > ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-avr32-mn10300-parisc-s390-sh-xtensa.patch
> > ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-m68k-m68knommu.patch
> > ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-arch-m32r.patch
> > ptrace-mm_need_new_owner-use-real_parent-to-search-in-the-siblings.patch
> > ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment.patch
> > ptrace-tracehook_unsafe_exec-remove-the-stale-comment-fix.patch
> > ptrace-do-not-use-task-ptrace-directly-in-core-kernel.patch
> > #
> > # utrace
> > #
> > signals-tracehook_notify_jctl-change.patch
> > utrace-core.patch
> > utrace-core-kill-exclude_xtrace-logic.patch
>
> I'd swap these three to be after ...
>
> > #
> > ptrace-ptrace_attach-check-pf_kthread-exit_state-instead-of-mm.patch
> > ptrace-cleanup-check-set-of-pt_ptraced-during-attach.patch
> > ptrace-do-not-use-task_lock-for-attach.patch
> > ptrace_get_task_struct-s-tasklist-rcu-make-it-static.patch

Yes, that was the plan.

But, to do this, utrace-core-kill-exclude_xtrace-logic.patch should be
folded into utrace-core.patch. Otherwise, utrace-core.patch alone can't
be applied after this new series.

Oleg.

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