Messages in this thread | | | From | Denys Vlasenko <> | Date | Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:31:39 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] man ptrace: add extended description of various ptrace quirks |
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> wrote: >>> +Tracer can not assume that tracee ALWAYS ends its life by reporting >>> +WIFEXITED(status) or WIFSIGNALED(status). >>> +.LP >>> +.\" or can it? Do we include such a promise into ptrace API? >> >> IIRC, we already discussed this... The traced group leader can >> disappear during mt-exec, otherwise the tracee can never go away >> silently.
From userspace perspective, traced group leader doesn't go away silently, it's execing thread who goes away silently.
> Does your patch need any revision in the light of Oleg's comments?
No, it does not. Please commit it to manpage git.
-- vda
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