Re: ptrace(2): wrong kernel version for PTRACE_SEIZE and others

[Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

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On 28 Mar 2016 16:55, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On 23 March 2016 at 00:16, Dmitry V. Levin <ldv-u2l5PoMzF/Vg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 05:21:28PM -0400, Patrick Donnelly wrote:
> >> The ptrace(2) man page says that PTRACE_SEIZE, PTRACE_LISTEN, and
> >> PTRACE_INTERRUPT was introduced in Linux 3.4. In fact, this was added
> >> in 3.1:
> >>
> >> $ git diff v3.0 v3.1 include/linux/ptrace.h | grep SEIZE
> >> +#define PTRACE_SEIZE           0x4206
> >> +/* flags in @data for PTRACE_SEIZE */
> >> +#define PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL     0x80000000 /* temp flag for development */
> >
> > Yes, PTRACE_SEIZE was introduced by commit v3.1-rc1~308^2~28, but
> > it had to be used along with a temporary flag PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL,
> > which was removed later by commit v3.4-rc1~109^2~20.
> >
> > That is, between v3.0 and v3.4 we had a test mode of PTRACE_SEIZE API,
> > which was not compatible with the current PTRACE_SEIZE API introduced
> > in Linux 3.4.
> 
> So, it sounds like the page is good as it stands, right?

if the commented source has these details, then yes.  otherwise, might
be good to stash them in the commented block.  i don't think it should
be exposed to the user.

glancing at the source, i'm not seeing a commented block.
-mike

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