Re: [PATCH 3/4] ia64: kill thread_matches(), unexport ptrace_check_attach()

Linus Torvalds
2013-01-20T20:23:51Z

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
> arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c:thread_matches() has no users since e868a55c
> "[IA64] remove find_thread_for_addr()", remove it.

I think this one should go first, so that there are no stale callers
of ptrace_check_attach() when you change the semantics. In fact, I'll
apply it immediately, since it's clearly correct and independent of
the other changes.

Linus