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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] fork: Add the ability to create tasks with given pids
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On Tuesday 22 November 2011 11:11:02, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> > Can't we for now allow this for root and then later allow CAP_CHECKPOINT
> > that Cyrill suggested? Or do we want to allow setting pids even w/o CR
> > for NS creator?
>
> I think that systemd guys can play with it. E.g. respawning daemons with predefined
> pids sounds like an interesting thing to play with.

This whole userspace C/R stuff and being able to set the child's pid has potential
of being very useful for GDB too, allowing a much better reimplementation of its
old checkpointing feature [*], and allowing for a faster reverse debugging
implementation, by being able to do faster rewinding -- restore snapshot and replay
instructions up to N (by single stepping or running to breakpoint), rather than
manually undoing the effects of each instruction, one by one.

IOW, root only would be a shame from GDB's perspective.

[*] GDB has an old checkpointing feature ("checkpoint; info checkpoints" commands)
based on forcing the tracee to fork, and holding on the fork child behind the
scenes as a checkpoint. To restore the debugging state to a previous checkpoint,
gdb swaps the current debuggee for the fork child as transparently for the user
as was possible. Obviously this has a bunch of limitations and downsides like
only working on non-threaded programs, and the inferior's pid changing...

--
Pedro Alves


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