Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:58:50 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: linux-next: add utrace tree |
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On Fri 2010-01-22 08:43:18, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:51:39 +0530, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli said: > > > FWIW, Oleg's implementation of ptrace over utrace is 100% compatible > > with legacy ptrace; gdb testsuite indicates that > > (http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/21/98). > > No, that only proves it's compatible enough for gdb to not care. The problem > is all those *other* packages that abuse ptrace in totally crackhead ways. > > (No, I can't name them - but ptrace is the sort of interface that almost > encourages its use for things somewhere between crackhead and mad-scientist, > so they're almost certainly out there.. WAY out there.. :)
strace, subterfugue, ltrace, ...? Plus various homegrown sandboxing tools... Pavel
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