* [PATCH] man/man2/ptrace.2: Add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, update struct ptrace_syscall_info
@ 2026-01-21 15:55 Marco Cavenati
2026-01-21 16:56 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2026-02-07 11:59 ` Marco Cavenati
0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Marco Cavenati @ 2026-01-21 15:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: linux-man, Dmitry V . Levin, Marco Cavenati
Add documentation for the new ptrace request PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO,
introduced in Linux 6.16.
Add 'reserved' and 'flags' fields of struct ptrace_syscall_info.
This description is based on kernel commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
("ptrace: introduce PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO request") by Dmitry V. Levin.
Signed-off-by: Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr>
---
AUTHORS | 1 +
man/man2/ptrace.2 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 9035d405a..f332932e1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano@redhat.com>
Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
Marco Bonelli <marco@mebeim.net>
+Marco Cavenati <marco.cavenati@eurecom.fr>
Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
Marcus Gelderie <redmnic@gmail.com>
Marcus Huewe <suse-tux@gmx.de>
diff --git a/man/man2/ptrace.2 b/man/man2/ptrace.2
index 2da43dcb9..45d4c4c84 100644
--- a/man/man2/ptrace.2
+++ b/man/man2/ptrace.2
@@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ structure contains the following fields:
.EX
struct ptrace_syscall_info {
__u8 op; /* Type of system call stop */
+ __u8 reserved; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
+ __u16 flags; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
__u32 arch; /* AUDIT_ARCH_* value; see seccomp(2) */
__u64 instruction_pointer; /* CPU instruction pointer */
__u64 stack_pointer; /* CPU stack pointer */
@@ -1121,6 +1123,25 @@ is limited to type
unless
.B PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
option is set before the corresponding system call stop has occurred.
+.TP
+.BR PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO " (since Linux 6.16)"
+.\" commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
+Modify information about the system call that caused the stop.
+The
+.I data
+argument is a pointer to
+.I struct ptrace_syscall_info
+that specifies the system call information to be set.
+The
+.I addr
+argument should be set to
+.IR "sizeof(struct ptrace_syscall_info)" .
+Only the
+.IR nr ,
+.IR args ,
+and
+.I rval
+fields can be modified.
.\"
.SS Death under ptrace
When a (possibly multithreaded) process receives a killing signal
--
2.51.0
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2026-01-21 15:55 [PATCH] man/man2/ptrace.2: Add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, update struct ptrace_syscall_info Marco Cavenati
@ 2026-01-21 16:56 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2026-02-10 20:14 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-02-07 11:59 ` Marco Cavenati
1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry V. Levin @ 2026-01-21 16:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marco Cavenati; +Cc: Alejandro Colomar, linux-man
On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 04:55:41PM +0100, Marco Cavenati wrote:
> Add documentation for the new ptrace request PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO,
> introduced in Linux 6.16.
>
> Add 'reserved' and 'flags' fields of struct ptrace_syscall_info.
>
> This description is based on kernel commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> ("ptrace: introduce PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO request") by Dmitry V. Levin.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr>
> ---
> AUTHORS | 1 +
> man/man2/ptrace.2 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
> index 9035d405a..f332932e1 100644
> --- a/AUTHORS
> +++ b/AUTHORS
> @@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano@redhat.com>
> Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
> Marco Bonelli <marco@mebeim.net>
> +Marco Cavenati <marco.cavenati@eurecom.fr>
> Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
> Marcus Gelderie <redmnic@gmail.com>
> Marcus Huewe <suse-tux@gmx.de>
> diff --git a/man/man2/ptrace.2 b/man/man2/ptrace.2
> index 2da43dcb9..45d4c4c84 100644
> --- a/man/man2/ptrace.2
> +++ b/man/man2/ptrace.2
> @@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ structure contains the following fields:
> .EX
> struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> __u8 op; /* Type of system call stop */
> + __u8 reserved; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
> + __u16 flags; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
> __u32 arch; /* AUDIT_ARCH_* value; see seccomp(2) */
> __u64 instruction_pointer; /* CPU instruction pointer */
> __u64 stack_pointer; /* CPU stack pointer */
> @@ -1121,6 +1123,25 @@ is limited to type
> unless
> .B PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
> option is set before the corresponding system call stop has occurred.
> +.TP
> +.BR PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO " (since Linux 6.16)"
> +.\" commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> +Modify information about the system call that caused the stop.
> +The
> +.I data
> +argument is a pointer to
> +.I struct ptrace_syscall_info
> +that specifies the system call information to be set.
> +The
> +.I addr
> +argument should be set to
> +.IR "sizeof(struct ptrace_syscall_info)" .
> +Only the
> +.IR nr ,
> +.IR args ,
> +and
> +.I rval
> +fields can be modified.
> .\"
> .SS Death under ptrace
> When a (possibly multithreaded) process receives a killing signal
Looks good, thanks!
--
ldv
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2026-01-21 16:56 ` Dmitry V. Levin
@ 2026-02-10 20:14 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-02-10 20:53 ` Dmitry V. Levin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2026-02-10 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dmitry V. Levin; +Cc: Marco Cavenati, linux-man
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Hi Marco, Dmitry,
I'm back. :-)
On 2026-01-21T18:56:39+0200, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 04:55:41PM +0100, Marco Cavenati wrote:
> > Add documentation for the new ptrace request PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO,
> > introduced in Linux 6.16.
> >
> > Add 'reserved' and 'flags' fields of struct ptrace_syscall_info.
> >
> > This description is based on kernel commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> > ("ptrace: introduce PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO request") by Dmitry V. Levin.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr>
Thanks! I've applied the patch.
> > ---
> > AUTHORS | 1 +
> > man/man2/ptrace.2 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
> > index 9035d405a..f332932e1 100644
> > --- a/AUTHORS
> > +++ b/AUTHORS
[...]
> Looks good, thanks!
Should I take that as a Reviewed-by?
Have a lovely night!
Alex
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2026-02-10 20:14 ` Alejandro Colomar
@ 2026-02-10 20:53 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2026-02-10 21:20 ` Alejandro Colomar
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From: Dmitry V. Levin @ 2026-02-10 20:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: Marco Cavenati, linux-man
Hi,
On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 09:14:29PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Marco, Dmitry,
>
> I'm back. :-)
>
> On 2026-01-21T18:56:39+0200, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 04:55:41PM +0100, Marco Cavenati wrote:
> > > Add documentation for the new ptrace request PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO,
> > > introduced in Linux 6.16.
> > >
> > > Add 'reserved' and 'flags' fields of struct ptrace_syscall_info.
> > >
> > > This description is based on kernel commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> > > ("ptrace: introduce PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO request") by Dmitry V. Levin.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr>
>
> Thanks! I've applied the patch.
>
> > > ---
> > > AUTHORS | 1 +
> > > man/man2/ptrace.2 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
> > > index 9035d405a..f332932e1 100644
> > > --- a/AUTHORS
> > > +++ b/AUTHORS
> [...]
>
> > Looks good, thanks!
>
> Should I take that as a Reviewed-by?
Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>
--
ldv
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2026-02-10 20:53 ` Dmitry V. Levin
@ 2026-02-10 21:20 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-02-10 21:41 ` Dmitry V. Levin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2026-02-10 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dmitry V. Levin; +Cc: Marco Cavenati, linux-man
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Hi Dmitry,
On 2026-02-10T22:53:47+0200, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > > Looks good, thanks!
> >
> > Should I take that as a Reviewed-by?
>
> Feel free to add:
>
> Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>
Thanks! I'll quote it, if you don't mind, as name-addreess pairs can't
contain an unquoted '.' --git(1) misbehaves on the '.', unless they
fixed it recently--.
Reviewed-by: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@strace.io>
Is that okay?
Cheers,
Alex
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* Re: [PATCH] man/man2/ptrace.2: Add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, update struct ptrace_syscall_info
2026-02-10 21:20 ` Alejandro Colomar
@ 2026-02-10 21:41 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2026-02-10 21:52 ` Alejandro Colomar
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry V. Levin @ 2026-02-10 21:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: Marco Cavenati, linux-man
On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 10:20:02PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> On 2026-02-10T22:53:47+0200, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > > > Looks good, thanks!
> > >
> > > Should I take that as a Reviewed-by?
> >
> > Feel free to add:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>
>
> Thanks! I'll quote it, if you don't mind, as name-addreess pairs can't
> contain an unquoted '.' --git(1) misbehaves on the '.', unless they
> fixed it recently--.
>
> Reviewed-by: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@strace.io>
>
> Is that okay?
I've been using the unquoted format for a while, but the quoted one
is fine as well.
Thanks,
--
ldv
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* Re: [PATCH] man/man2/ptrace.2: Add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, update struct ptrace_syscall_info
2026-02-10 21:41 ` Dmitry V. Levin
@ 2026-02-10 21:52 ` Alejandro Colomar
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2026-02-10 21:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dmitry V. Levin; +Cc: Marco Cavenati, linux-man
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On 2026-02-10T23:41:45+0200, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 10:20:02PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > Hi Dmitry,
> >
> > On 2026-02-10T22:53:47+0200, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > > > > Looks good, thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Should I take that as a Reviewed-by?
> > >
> > > Feel free to add:
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>
> >
> > Thanks! I'll quote it, if you don't mind, as name-addreess pairs can't
> > contain an unquoted '.' --git(1) misbehaves on the '.', unless they
> > fixed it recently--.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@strace.io>
> >
> > Is that okay?
>
> I've been using the unquoted format for a while, but the quoted one
> is fine as well.
I've tried to reproduce it now, and they seem to have fixed it. When
the patch is read by git-send-email(1) and it gets the addresses from
the trailer of the patch, it previously would have transformed
Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>
into
Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>
Some depdenency (a library) of git(1) interpreted the '.' as ending
a sentence. I've tried now, and it transforms
Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>
into
"Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@strace.io>
thus doing the right thing. However, I expect some software might still
misbehave. I remember having reproduced the bug not so long ago (maybe
one year?).
Cheers,
Alex
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> --
> ldv
>
--
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* Re: [PATCH] man/man2/ptrace.2: Add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, update struct ptrace_syscall_info
2026-01-21 15:55 [PATCH] man/man2/ptrace.2: Add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, update struct ptrace_syscall_info Marco Cavenati
2026-01-21 16:56 ` Dmitry V. Levin
@ 2026-02-07 11:59 ` Marco Cavenati
2026-02-07 18:24 ` Alejandro Colomar
1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Marco Cavenati @ 2026-02-07 11:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: linux-man, Dmitry V . Levin
Hi Alex,
Gentle ping, just checking whether this patch got lost.
Happy to revise if needed.
Thanks
Marco
On Wednesday, January 21, 2026 16:55 CET, Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr> wrote:
> Add documentation for the new ptrace request PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO,
> introduced in Linux 6.16.
>
> Add 'reserved' and 'flags' fields of struct ptrace_syscall_info.
>
> This description is based on kernel commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> ("ptrace: introduce PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO request") by Dmitry V. Levin.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr>
> ---
> AUTHORS | 1 +
> man/man2/ptrace.2 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
> index 9035d405a..f332932e1 100644
> --- a/AUTHORS
> +++ b/AUTHORS
> @@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano@redhat.com>
> Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
> Marco Bonelli <marco@mebeim.net>
> +Marco Cavenati <marco.cavenati@eurecom.fr>
> Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
> Marcus Gelderie <redmnic@gmail.com>
> Marcus Huewe <suse-tux@gmx.de>
> diff --git a/man/man2/ptrace.2 b/man/man2/ptrace.2
> index 2da43dcb9..45d4c4c84 100644
> --- a/man/man2/ptrace.2
> +++ b/man/man2/ptrace.2
> @@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ structure contains the following fields:
> .EX
> struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> __u8 op; /* Type of system call stop */
> + __u8 reserved; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
> + __u16 flags; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
> __u32 arch; /* AUDIT_ARCH_* value; see seccomp(2) */
> __u64 instruction_pointer; /* CPU instruction pointer */
> __u64 stack_pointer; /* CPU stack pointer */
> @@ -1121,6 +1123,25 @@ is limited to type
> unless
> .B PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
> option is set before the corresponding system call stop has occurred.
> +.TP
> +.BR PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO " (since Linux 6.16)"
> +.\" commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> +Modify information about the system call that caused the stop.
> +The
> +.I data
> +argument is a pointer to
> +.I struct ptrace_syscall_info
> +that specifies the system call information to be set.
> +The
> +.I addr
> +argument should be set to
> +.IR "sizeof(struct ptrace_syscall_info)" .
> +Only the
> +.IR nr ,
> +.IR args ,
> +and
> +.I rval
> +fields can be modified.
> .\"
> .SS Death under ptrace
> When a (possibly multithreaded) process receives a killing signal
> --
> 2.51.0
>
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2026-02-07 11:59 ` Marco Cavenati
@ 2026-02-07 18:24 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-02-07 18:38 ` Marco Cavenati
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2026-02-07 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marco Cavenati; +Cc: linux-man, Dmitry V . Levin
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Hi Marco,
On 2026-02-07T12:59:39+0100, Marco Cavenati wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> Gentle ping, just checking whether this patch got lost.
> Happy to revise if needed.
Thanks! No, it didn't. I was just too busy last week with a meeting of
the C Committee, plus the preparation before it, and also preparing a
release of the man-pages for this or next week. I need some sleep for
a few days, and next week I'll be back at reviewing stuff. :-)
Have a lovely night!
Alex
>
> Thanks
> Marco
>
> On Wednesday, January 21, 2026 16:55 CET, Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr> wrote:
>
> > Add documentation for the new ptrace request PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO,
> > introduced in Linux 6.16.
> >
> > Add 'reserved' and 'flags' fields of struct ptrace_syscall_info.
> >
> > This description is based on kernel commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> > ("ptrace: introduce PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO request") by Dmitry V. Levin.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr>
> > ---
> > AUTHORS | 1 +
> > man/man2/ptrace.2 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
> > index 9035d405a..f332932e1 100644
> > --- a/AUTHORS
> > +++ b/AUTHORS
> > @@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> > Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano@redhat.com>
> > Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
> > Marco Bonelli <marco@mebeim.net>
> > +Marco Cavenati <marco.cavenati@eurecom.fr>
> > Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
> > Marcus Gelderie <redmnic@gmail.com>
> > Marcus Huewe <suse-tux@gmx.de>
> > diff --git a/man/man2/ptrace.2 b/man/man2/ptrace.2
> > index 2da43dcb9..45d4c4c84 100644
> > --- a/man/man2/ptrace.2
> > +++ b/man/man2/ptrace.2
> > @@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ structure contains the following fields:
> > .EX
> > struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> > __u8 op; /* Type of system call stop */
> > + __u8 reserved; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
> > + __u16 flags; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
> > __u32 arch; /* AUDIT_ARCH_* value; see seccomp(2) */
> > __u64 instruction_pointer; /* CPU instruction pointer */
> > __u64 stack_pointer; /* CPU stack pointer */
> > @@ -1121,6 +1123,25 @@ is limited to type
> > unless
> > .B PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
> > option is set before the corresponding system call stop has occurred.
> > +.TP
> > +.BR PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO " (since Linux 6.16)"
> > +.\" commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> > +Modify information about the system call that caused the stop.
> > +The
> > +.I data
> > +argument is a pointer to
> > +.I struct ptrace_syscall_info
> > +that specifies the system call information to be set.
> > +The
> > +.I addr
> > +argument should be set to
> > +.IR "sizeof(struct ptrace_syscall_info)" .
> > +Only the
> > +.IR nr ,
> > +.IR args ,
> > +and
> > +.I rval
> > +fields can be modified.
> > .\"
> > .SS Death under ptrace
> > When a (possibly multithreaded) process receives a killing signal
> > --
> > 2.51.0
> >
>
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2026-02-07 18:24 ` Alejandro Colomar
@ 2026-02-07 18:38 ` Marco Cavenati
0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Marco Cavenati @ 2026-02-07 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: linux-man
Well in that case, I wish you a great and recharging rest!
And sorry for the ping :)
Marco
On Saturday, February 07, 2026 19:24 CET, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> wrote:
> Hi Marco,
>
> On 2026-02-07T12:59:39+0100, Marco Cavenati wrote:
> > Hi Alex,
> >
> > Gentle ping, just checking whether this patch got lost.
> > Happy to revise if needed.
>
> Thanks! No, it didn't. I was just too busy last week with a meeting of
> the C Committee, plus the preparation before it, and also preparing a
> release of the man-pages for this or next week. I need some sleep for
> a few days, and next week I'll be back at reviewing stuff. :-)
>
>
> Have a lovely night!
> Alex
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > Marco
> >
> > On Wednesday, January 21, 2026 16:55 CET, Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr> wrote:
> >
> > > Add documentation for the new ptrace request PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO,
> > > introduced in Linux 6.16.
> > >
> > > Add 'reserved' and 'flags' fields of struct ptrace_syscall_info.
> > >
> > > This description is based on kernel commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> > > ("ptrace: introduce PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO request") by Dmitry V. Levin.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Marco Cavenati <Marco.Cavenati@eurecom.fr>
> > > ---
> > > AUTHORS | 1 +
> > > man/man2/ptrace.2 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
> > > index 9035d405a..f332932e1 100644
> > > --- a/AUTHORS
> > > +++ b/AUTHORS
> > > @@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> > > Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano@redhat.com>
> > > Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
> > > Marco Bonelli <marco@mebeim.net>
> > > +Marco Cavenati <marco.cavenati@eurecom.fr>
> > > Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
> > > Marcus Gelderie <redmnic@gmail.com>
> > > Marcus Huewe <suse-tux@gmx.de>
> > > diff --git a/man/man2/ptrace.2 b/man/man2/ptrace.2
> > > index 2da43dcb9..45d4c4c84 100644
> > > --- a/man/man2/ptrace.2
> > > +++ b/man/man2/ptrace.2
> > > @@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ structure contains the following fields:
> > > .EX
> > > struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> > > __u8 op; /* Type of system call stop */
> > > + __u8 reserved; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
> > > + __u16 flags; /* Reserved for future use, must be zero */
> > > __u32 arch; /* AUDIT_ARCH_* value; see seccomp(2) */
> > > __u64 instruction_pointer; /* CPU instruction pointer */
> > > __u64 stack_pointer; /* CPU stack pointer */
> > > @@ -1121,6 +1123,25 @@ is limited to type
> > > unless
> > > .B PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
> > > option is set before the corresponding system call stop has occurred.
> > > +.TP
> > > +.BR PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO " (since Linux 6.16)"
> > > +.\" commit 26bb32768fe6552de044f782a58b3272073fbfc0
> > > +Modify information about the system call that caused the stop.
> > > +The
> > > +.I data
> > > +argument is a pointer to
> > > +.I struct ptrace_syscall_info
> > > +that specifies the system call information to be set.
> > > +The
> > > +.I addr
> > > +argument should be set to
> > > +.IR "sizeof(struct ptrace_syscall_info)" .
> > > +Only the
> > > +.IR nr ,
> > > +.IR args ,
> > > +and
> > > +.I rval
> > > +fields can be modified.
> > > .\"
> > > .SS Death under ptrace
> > > When a (possibly multithreaded) process receives a killing signal
> > > --
> > > 2.51.0
> > >
> >
>
> --
> <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
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