Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755672AbYCYOUO (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:20:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754242AbYCYOTw (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:19:52 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:58250 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754143AbYCYOTw (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:19:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:22:59 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , Oleg Nesterov , ebiederm@xmission.com, xemul@openvz.org, pavel@ucw.cz, sds@tycho.nsa.gov, roland@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptrace: it is fun to strace /sbin/init Message-ID: <20080325142259.GO2170@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20080323135110.GA294@tv-sign.ru> <20080324152906.dee7b272.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080324225611.GA157@tv-sign.ru> <20080324160819.cea2d921.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <87r6dzi0mw.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 501 Lines: 14 > > I like the general idea -- i used to patch kernels to allow this too, > > but it is dangerous. > > Though root-only. Root doesn't want to be limited and knows better > anyway. The problem is that you can deadlock if you are not very careful. -Andi -- 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/