Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:49:01 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ptrace: make former thread ID available via PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG after PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC stop (v.2) | From | Tejun Heo <> |
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Hello,
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote: > I do not really understand your concerns. Yes, yes, yes, if we do not > bind this feauture with PT_SEIZED, then the application has to take > care _if_ it wants to use it without PT_SEIZED. So what? This is the > problem of that application. This change can't break the application > which do not want or do not know about this feature.
It's not really a technical concern, more about documentation simplicity. It's just simpler to be able to say "blah blah changes when seized".
> a bit better, bit still not very nice. For what? I tend to agree with > Denys, and I think we should listen to the user-space developer who > actually uses ptrace. > > That said, I leave it to you and Denys, personally I am fine either way.
It's minor either way. Let's go with the current patch then.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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