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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why I want PTRACE_O_TRACESTOP option
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:58:04 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110911005804.GF29319@htj.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201109090754.50272.vda.linux@googlemail.com>

Hello, Denys.

On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 07:54:50AM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> My point is that previously, ptrace behavior was modified by setting
> options. Why don't we use this mechanism? Why we invent a different
> wheel? Ptrace is ugly as-is, why complicate it even further?
> 
> The argument was that SETOPTIONS wasn't suitable for modifying
> attach behavior, but this is fixed by "set options on SEIZE"
> patch. I don't see why we can't use options mechanist to affect
> group-stop behavior now.

The argument was that there are other more difficult issues and the
added benefit - superficial consistency - doesn't justify the
necessary complexity, and it was repeated multiple times.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-09-11  0:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-08 16:50 Why I want PTRACE_O_TRACESTOP option Denys Vlasenko
2011-09-09  0:18 ` Tejun Heo
2011-09-09  5:45   ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-09-09 16:00     ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-09-10 23:43       ` Tejun Heo
2011-09-09  5:54   ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-09-09 12:26     ` Indan Zupancic
2011-09-09 13:01       ` Indan Zupancic
2011-09-09 16:46         ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-09-09 16:26       ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-09-09 23:09         ` Indan Zupancic
2011-09-10  1:17           ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-09-10 11:20             ` Pedro Alves
2011-09-11  0:58     ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2011-09-09 16:14   ` Oleg Nesterov

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