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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/5] ptrace: renumber PTRACE_EVENT_STOP so that future new options and events can match
On 02/10, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>
> PTRACE_EVENT_foo and PTRACE_O_TRACEfoo used to match.
>
> New PTRACE_EVENT_STOP is the first event which has no corresponding
> PTRACE_O_TRACE option. If we will ever want to add another such option,
> its PTRACE_EVENT's value will collide with PTRACE_EVENT_STOP's value.
>
> This patch changes PTRACE_EVENT_STOP value to prevent this.
>
> While at it, added a comment - the one atop PTRACE_EVENT block,
> saying "Wait extended result codes for the above trace options",
> is not true for PTRACE_EVENT_STOP.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

IIRC Tejun agreed with this change too.

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

> ---
> include/linux/ptrace.h | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
> index 06be6a3..ec6571c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
> @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
> #define PTRACE_EVENT_EXEC 4
> #define PTRACE_EVENT_VFORK_DONE 5
> #define PTRACE_EVENT_EXIT 6
> -#define PTRACE_EVENT_STOP 7
> +/* Extended result codes which enabled by means other than options. */
> +#define PTRACE_EVENT_STOP 128
>
> /* options set using PTRACE_SETOPTIONS */
> #define PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD 1
> --
> 1.7.7.6
>



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