Re: Parent process switching on debugger abort in 2.0.3x
Pavel Machek (pavel@Elf.mj.gts.cz)
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 19:57:19 +0200
> Philip Gladstone <philip@raptor.com> writes:
> > It appears that if a debugger (or strace) aborts without
> > sucessfully detaching from the child process, then the child
> > process ends up being parented by init (pid 1). I believe
> > that this behaviour is incorrect and that if the debugger
> > or strace dies, then the target process should end up being
> > parented by its 'original' parent.
> >
> The problem isn't that easily solved.
>
> Suppose, for instance, you kill your debugger, but the beast has written a
> few breakpoints into the debuggee. What to do? Right -- either you kill the
> child along with the parent (any fatal signal) or it's the debugger's job
> to clean up after itself and properly detach the child (any other
> signal).
Well, and when I kill debugger with -9?
Pavel
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