Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:20:20 +0300 | From | Pavel Emelyanov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ptrace: allow to ptrace /sbin/init |
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Oleg Nesterov wrote: > Afaics, currently there are no kernel problems with ptracing init, it can't > lose SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE flag and be killed/stopped by accident. > > The ability to strace/debug init can be very useful if you try to figure > out why it does not work as expected. > > However, admin should know what he does, "gdb /sbin/init 1" stops init, it > can't reap orphaned zombies or take care of /etc/inittab until continued. > It is even possible to crash init (and thus the whole system) if you wish, > ptracer has full control. > > See also the long discussion: http://marc.info/?t=120628018600001 > > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
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