linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ptrace: task_stopped_code(ptrace => true) can't see TASK

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Date:	Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:15:36 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pedro Alves <palves@...hat.com>,
	Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ptrace: task_stopped_code(ptrace => true) can't see
 TASK_STOPPED task

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 07:47:52PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> task_stopped_code()->task_is_stopped_or_traced() doesn't look right,
> the traced task must never be TASK_STOPPED.
> 
> We can not add WARN_ON(task_is_stopped(p)), but this is only because
> do_wait() can race with PTRACE_ATTACH from another thread.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

I think it's a left over from before.  We used to leave STOPPED tasks
alone during ptrace attach.

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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