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SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/10] ptrace: implement group stop notification for ptracer
On 05/16, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
> When group stop state of a seized tracee changes, JOBCTL_TRAP_NOTIFY
> is set, which triggers STOP trap but is sticky until the next
> PTRACE_GETSIGINFO.

I simply can't understand this patch. And the supposed API as it seen
by the user-space. I'll try to read it again and think more.

A couple of questions,

> +static void ptrace_trap_notify(struct task_struct *t)
> +{
> + siginfo_t *si = t->last_siginfo;
> +
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(!(t->ptrace & PT_SEIZED));
> + assert_spin_locked(&t->sighand->siglock);
> +
> + /*
> + * @t is being ptraced and new SEIZE behavior is in effect.
> + * Schedule sticky trap which will clear on the next GETSIGINFO.
> + */
> + t->jobctl |= JOBCTL_TRAP_NOTIFY;

This is also set by do_signal_stop(). Cleared by PTRACE_GETSIGINFO.

How can this work? Doesn't this mean PTRACE_GETSIGINFO becomes mandatory
before PTRACE_CONT? IOW, unless the tracee does PTRACE_GETSIGINFO to clear
this bit, PTRACE_CONT just leads to another trap, no?

> + if (task_is_traced(t) && si && si->si_code == PTRACE_STOP_SI_CODE) {

OK, this PTRACE_STOP_SI_CODE check is clear. But the same check in
ptrace_check_attach() looks confusing, why can't we set BLOCK_NOTIFY
unconditionally?

> + t->jobctl |= JOBCTL_TRAPPING;
> + if (!(t->jobctl & JOBCTL_BLOCK_NOTIFY))
> + signal_wake_up(t, true);

Could you please remind me why we can't avoid the awful ptrace_wait_trapping()
in do_wait() paths? Assuming that ptrace_check_attach() does this. I got lost
a bit.

So. The tracee reports PTRACE_EVENT_STOP, debugger issues a lot of PTRACE_
requests. The tracee can report another trap "in between". Looks confusing...
Perhaps I need to get used to it.

Oleg.



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