Re: [EXAMPLE CODE] Parasite thread injection using PTRACE_SEIZE andfriends

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Tejun Heo (tj@xxxxxxxxxx):
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 04:00:37PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > With new ptrace requests, a process can be captured and manipulated
> > practically transparently.  Other than syscall retry or -EINTR failure
> > in special cases and timing difference, everything including job
> > control stop state stays transparent across ptrace operations.
> 
> Ooh, forgot to mention something.  The ptracer can also reliably
> determine whether job control stop is in effect or not, so the whole
> job control state can be captured.

It sounds cool, thanks.  Is this completely separate from Pavel's
CR patchset (which I've not yet gotten around to looking at in
detail)?

-serge
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