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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: add utrace tree
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:39:23 +0100
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On 01/22, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>
> No, that only proves it's compatible enough for gdb to not care. The problem
> is all those *other* packages that abuse ptrace in totally crackhead ways.
>
> (No, I can't name them - but ptrace is the sort of interface that almost
> encourages its use for things somewhere between crackhead and mad-scientist,
> so they're almost certainly out there.. WAY out there.. :)

Yes, this is true.

We are trying to test it as much as possible.

Oleg.