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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ptrace: add ability to get clear_tid_address
On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 08:25:19AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 02:11:23PM +0300, Andrew Vagin wrote:
> > Zero is written at clear_tid_address, when the process exits.
> > This functionality is used by pthread_join().
> >
> > sys_set_tid_address() changes this address for current task.
> >
> > Before this patch clear_tid_address could not be got from user space.
> > I want to dump a full state of a task, so I need this address.
> > Also I think it may be useful for debugging a multithreading program.
> >
> > I am not sure that ptrace is suitable place. It may be added in prctl,
> > but I think it's a bit useless and strange. I can't image a real
> > situation (avoid checkpointing) when a thread will want to get own
> > clear_tid_address from itself, this address is used by parent ussually.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
>
> Ummm... this really doesn't fit in ptrace. Cyrill, why not put it
> together with other params you're exporting?
>

We could add it to /proc/pid/stat (but I fear Andrew Morton shoot me then ;)

Cyrill


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