Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:35:53 -0700 | From | Nate Eldredge <> | Subject | [PATCH] i386 ptrace patch needed for user-mode port |
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Jeff Dike wrote:
> Below is a small patch to ptrace which enables it to change system call > numbers. This is needed in order to run the user-mode port. > > It adds range checks to ptrace and to the slow system call path. > > I've been feeding this sporadically to Linus for the last couple of months > with no result. If anyone can clue me in as to what would make this more > acceptable, please do so.
This patch also enables a feature in strace that lets it trace child processes spawned by vfork(). I am strongly in favor of its inclusion.
I have been running an equivalent patch through several versions of 2.2.x for some months and have experienced absolutely no ill effects.
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Nate Eldredge neldredge@hmc.edu
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