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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in 'data' parameter
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On Wednesday 07 September 2011 22:40:31, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in 'data' parameter

(I wonder if it'd be a good idea to be more future proof and pass in
a pointer to a `struct { int my_size; int options; }', so we can
add more things in the future other than option bits, if we need to.)

> This can be used to close a few corner cases in strace where we get
> unwanted racy behavior after attach, but before we have a chance
> to set options (the notorious post-execve SIGTRAP comes to mind),

(irrespective of the patch being a good idea or not)

From previous discussions, I understood that PTRACE_SEIZE _always_ disables
the post-execve SIGTRAP, so I don't believe that race actually exists.
Or is that not the case?

--
Pedro Alves


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