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Message-Id: <20180116004009.31036-2-ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:39:49 -0600
From:   "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/22] signal: Document the strange si_codes used by ptrace event stops

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h
index cbe1b0cc7a6a..7158421ac911 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/siginfo.h
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ typedef struct siginfo {
 #define TRAP_HWBKPT     4	/* hardware breakpoint/watchpoint */
 #define NSIGTRAP	4
 
+/*
+ * There are an additional set of SIGTRAP si_codes used by ptrace
+ * that of the form: ((PTRACE_EVENT_XXX << 8) | SIGTRAP)
+ */
+
 /*
  * SIGCHLD si_codes
  */
-- 
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