Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:33:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:33:55 -0500 Received: from brynhild.mtroyal.ab.ca ([142.109.10.24]:48544 "EHLO brynhild.mtroyal.ab.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:33:51 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:44:11 -0700 (MST) From: James Bourne To: Linux Kernel Mailing List cc: Tomas Szepe , Alan Cox , Neale Banks Subject: re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.2 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1979 Lines: 56 On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Neale Banks wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Tomas Szepe wrote: > > > > [alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk] > > > > > > If you build your own kernels apply the patch, if you use vendor kernels > > > then you can expect vendor kernel updates to appear or have already > > > appeared > > > > You have avoided the question(s). 8) > > I think Alan's trying to teach us how to fish ;-) > > That said, IMVHO something like this does constitute an argument for > 2.4.20-p1 (due to the amount of change that's already racked up for > 2.2.21). Hi all, There is a clean patch for 2.4.20 (taken from Alans original patch) at http://www.hardrock.org/kernel/2.4.20/linux-2.4.20-ptrace.patch I am currently using it on 3 production systems at work and it seems stable. You will notice processes which are not dumpable with this patch, as the output from ps ax will contain the process name in [] square brackets. Regards James Bourne > Regards, > Neale. -- James Bourne, Supervisor Data Centre Operations Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB, CA www.mtroyal.ab.ca ****************************************************************************** This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact the sender immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. ****************************************************************************** "There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/