Re: [PATCH v4 10/12] ptrace: Don't change __state

Eric W. Biederman
2022-05-06T19:42:16Z

Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> writes:

> On 05/05, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>
>> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
>> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct task_group;
>> /* Convenience macros for the sake of set_current_state: */
>> #define TASK_KILLABLE (TASK_WAKEKILL | TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
>> #define TASK_STOPPED (TASK_WAKEKILL | __TASK_STOPPED)
>> -#define TASK_TRACED (TASK_WAKEKILL | __TASK_TRACED)
>> +#define TASK_TRACED __TASK_TRACED
>
> however I personally still dislike this change. But let me read the
> code with this series applied, perhaps I will change my mind. If not,
> I will argue ;)

That is fair. I kind of grew on my after I implemented it and wrapped
my head around what was going on, as it is simple and there are no
implicit cases.

Eric