Re: ptrace fixes for 3.2

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Wed Jan 04 2012 - 11:05:32 EST


Hello,

On 01/04, Tejun Heo wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 12:35:34PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > Can't understand how did we miss this, but WARN_ON_ONCE(!ptrace)
> > in do_signal_stop() is not right. Debugger can resume the stopped
> > task, and it can clone the _untraced_ thread running in the stopped
> > group.
>
> Right, we should be setting JOBCTL_STOP_PENDING for newly cloned tasks
> if sigstop is in effect.

Yes, probably this is the natural choice.

> Looks good to me, provided proper fix is coming soon. :p

Good.

Yes, this is the temporary fix for 3.2.

Thanks!

Oleg.

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