Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:25:03 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5] ptrace: it is fun to strace /sbin/init |
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On Thu 2008-03-20 19:57:56, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > On 03/20, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > Ptracing of /sbin/init is not allowed. Of course, this is very dangerous, but > > > may be useful. Introduce the kernel boot parameter to allow this. > > ... > > > @@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. > > > Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init > > > process. > > > > > > + init_ptrace [KNL] Allows to ptrace init. Very dangerous. Don't use. > > > + > > > > I don't know what ptracing init is good for, and I believe people > > wanting to do this kind of special stuff can patch their own kernel... > > Yes sure. But could you explain why this can be bad given that ptracing > init needs the explicit boot parameter? IOW, could you explain why you > don't like this small and trivial change which adds a minimal impact?
"It can't be bad, its optional".
It is bad exactly _because_ it is optional. Anything that adds boot parameter is *not* trivial...
Why not add
please_randomly_corrupt_memory boot parameter? It may be useful for something... Pavel
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