linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET RFC] ptrace,signal: clean transition between STOPPED and TRACED

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Message-ID: <20110127154600.GE24925@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:46:00 +0100
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	oleg@...hat.com, jan.kratochvil@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET RFC] ptrace,signal: clean transition between STOPPED
 and TRACED

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 06:14:17PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> Oh, and for any kind of ptrace changes, please always run the whole
> ptrace-tests suite before and after.  That is by no means an exhaustive
> test that you haven't introduced new problems.  But if you introduce
> regressions in that suite, it is quite like that you are causing problems
> for existing ptrace users like gdb (even if some tests were racy before,
> if the real-world practical results change, it could be a problem).
> 
> http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests has the pointers.

Alright, will try to do that.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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