linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/10] ptrace: make group stop state visible via PTRACE

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2011 18:27:41 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	jan.kratochvil@...hat.com, vda.linux@...glemail.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, indan@....nu, bdonlan@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] ptrace: make group stop state visible via
	PTRACE_GETSIGINFO

On 05/16, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
>  static int ptrace_getsiginfo(struct task_struct *child, siginfo_t *info)
>  {
> +	struct signal_struct *sig;
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	int error;
>
>  	if (!lock_task_sighand(child, &flags))
>  		return -ESRCH;
> +	sig = child->signal;
>
>  	error = -EINVAL;
>  	if (!child->last_siginfo)
> @@ -585,6 +587,23 @@ static int ptrace_getsiginfo(struct task_struct *child, siginfo_t *info)
>
>  	error = 0;
>  	*info = *child->last_siginfo;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If reporting ptrace trap for a seized tracee, enable reporting
> +	 * of info->si_pt_flags.
> +	 */
> +	if ((child->ptrace & PT_SEIZED) &&
> +	    (info->si_code & __SI_MASK) == __SI_TRAP) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Report whether group stop is in effect w/ SI_STOPPED and
> +		 * if so which signal caused it.
> +		 */
> +		if (sig->group_stop_count || sig->flags & SIGNAL_STOP_STOPPED) {

Cosmetic nit, you could declare "struct signal_struct *sig" here, under
if (PT_SEIZED && __SI_TRAP).


I must admit, personally I still dislike this new PTRACE_GETSIGINFO API...
But I can't suggest anything better, so I am not going to argue.

Oleg.

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