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From: Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv-u2l5PoMzF/Vg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Joey Pabalinas
	<joeypabalinas-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt-nx8X9YLhiw1AfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>,
	Eugene Syromyatnikov
	<esyr-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	strace-devel-3+4lAyCyj6AWlMsSdNXQLw@public.gmane.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH RESEND v3 1/3] ptrace: pass type of a syscall-stop in ptrace_message
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 20:17:26 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181125061726.jtalb5t4tgigzzue@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181125021059.GA1190-u2l5PoMzF/Vg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>


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On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 05:10:59AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> Given that without this patch the value returned by PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG
> during syscall stop is undefined, we need two different ptrace_message
> values that cannot be set by other ptrace events to enable reliable
> identification of syscall-enter-stop and syscall-exit-stop in userspace:
> if we make PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG return 0 or any other value routinely set by
> other ptrace events, it would be hard for userspace to find out whether
> the kernel implements new semantics or not.

Ah, I see, I agree that definitely makes sense.

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Cheers,
Joey Pabalinas

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-11-25  6:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-25  1:21 [PATCH RESEND v3 0/3] ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request Elvira Khabirova
2018-11-25  1:22 ` [PATCH RESEND v3 1/3] ptrace: pass type of a syscall-stop in ptrace_message Elvira Khabirova
2018-11-25  1:54   ` Joey Pabalinas
     [not found]     ` <20181125015402.glcaw3kghcu4pr22-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-25  2:10       ` Dmitry V. Levin
     [not found]         ` <20181125021059.GA1190-u2l5PoMzF/Vg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-25  6:17           ` Joey Pabalinas [this message]
2018-11-26 14:56   ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]     ` <20181126145643.GD1660-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-27  2:53       ` Elvira Khabirova
2018-11-27  3:48         ` Dmitry V. Levin
2018-11-25  1:23 ` [PATCH RESEND v3 2/3] ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request Elvira Khabirova
2018-11-25  1:23 ` [RFC PATCH RESEND v3 3/3] ptrace: add PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP support to PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO Elvira Khabirova
2018-11-26 14:35   ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]     ` <20181126143524.GB1660-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-27  3:07       ` Elvira Khabirova
2018-11-27  3:21         ` Dmitry V. Levin
2018-11-27 12:31         ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]           ` <20181127123116.GA13284-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-27 23:27             ` Dmitry V. Levin
2018-11-28 12:35               ` Oleg Nesterov
     [not found]                 ` <20181128123545.GA30395-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-11-28 12:44                   ` Dmitry V. Levin
2018-11-28 13:13                     ` Oleg Nesterov

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