Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751215AbWBUXbJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:31:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751216AbWBUXbJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:31:09 -0500 Received: from nevyn.them.org ([66.93.172.17]:25022 "EHLO nevyn.them.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751215AbWBUXbH (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:31:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:30:01 -0500 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Heiko Carstens Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Kerrisk , Roland McGrath Subject: Re: PTRACE_SETOPTIONS documentantion? Message-ID: <20060221233001.GB3778@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Heiko Carstens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Kerrisk , Roland McGrath References: <20060217075358.GB9230@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060217075358.GB9230@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 866 Lines: 22 On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:53:58AM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm just wondering if there is any sort of documentation for the ptrace > request PTRACE_SETOPTIONS and its PTRACE_O_* flags available? > Or is this just some sort of "if you want to use this interface, read > the kernel sources" ? :) > The same question could be asked for PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG, PTRACE_GETSIGINFO > and PTRACE_SETSIGINFO. Basically there's none; you're welcome to write some, and to consult the GDB sources for example usage. Maybe the documentation would be appropriate for the man pages. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery - 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/