linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] job control: Allow access to job control events through ptracees

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Date:	Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:20:26 +0100
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	roland@...hat.com, jan.kratochvil@...hat.com,
	vda.linux@...glemail.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	indan@....nu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] job control: Allow access to job control events
 through ptracees

Hello,

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 05:39:50PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > @@ -1580,15 +1582,37 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct wait_opts *wo, int ptrace,
> >  			wo->notask_error = 0;
> >  	} else {
> >  		/*
> > +		 * If %current is ptracing @p, hide group stop/continued
> > +		 * state when looking at @p as the real parent; otherwise,
> > +		 * a single stop can be reported twice as group and ptrace
> > +		 * stops.
> > +		 *
> > +		 * If a ptracer wants to distinguish the two events for its
> > +		 * own children, it should create a separate task which
> > +		 * takes the role of real parent.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (likely(!ptrace) && task_ptrace(p) && p->parent == current)
> > +			return 0;
> 
> This doesn't look exactly right. Ignoring __WNOTHREAD, do_wait() should work
> the same way for every thread in parent/debugger's thread group. IOW, we
> should probably check same_thread_group(p->parent, p->real_parent) instead
> of "== current".

Alright, I'll update the test here and in the other patch which has
similar logic.

BTW, what are you planning about patch routing?  Are you gonna setup a
tree?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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