Re: [PATCH v3] Make PTRACE_SEIZE set ptrace options specified in'data'

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 09/09, Pedro Alves wrote:
>
> Right, but we end up with no way to make the tracee _not ever
> stop_ at execve if the tracer wants to, like you can make
> the tracee not ever stop on forks or syscalls, by not enabling
> the corresponding PTRACE_O_FOO or not PTRACE_SYSCALL.  Not
> specifying PTRACE_O_TRACEEXEC coupled with `SEIZE not stopping
> tracees for that magic SIGTRAP' got you that.  In a way, it looked to
> me to make the API a bit less ugly.

Agreed, perhaps we should do this.

> Anyway, could you please check (or Tejun please confirm)
> that that magic SIGTRAP is really still there on SEIZE?

It is.

Oleg.

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