Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759551Ab1F1QtU (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:49:20 -0400 Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:53668 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759390Ab1F1QtD (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:49:03 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110628163512.GA11937@redhat.com> References: <201106262108.43011.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <20110626200442.GA16293@redhat.com> <20110627081139.GY30101@htj.dyndns.org> <20110627134713.GB3527@redhat.com> <20110627135252.GB30101@htj.dyndns.org> <20110627151827.GA6223@redhat.com> <20110628082512.GA3386@htj.dyndns.org> <20110628123823.GD3386@htj.dyndns.org> <20110628163512.GA11937@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:49:01 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: HI5WjpsZhfjRs08Zp0IJzqpGxxg Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptrace: make former thread ID available via PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG after PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC stop (v.2) From: Tejun Heo To: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Denys Vlasenko , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1136 Lines: 30 Hello, On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > I do not really understand your concerns. Yes, yes, yes, if we do not > bind this feauture with PT_SEIZED, then the application has to take > care _if_ it wants to use it without PT_SEIZED. So what? This is the > problem of that application. This change can't break the application > which do not want or do not know about this feature. It's not really a technical concern, more about documentation simplicity. It's just simpler to be able to say "blah blah changes when seized". > a bit better, bit still not very nice. For what? I tend to agree with > Denys, and I think we should listen to the user-space developer who > actually uses ptrace. > > That said, I leave it to you and Denys, personally I am fine either way. It's minor either way. Let's go with the current patch then. Thanks. -- tejun -- 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/