Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] ptrace: add PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_FLAG_SET_IP

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 07/03, Renzo Davoli wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 01:04:59PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > On 07/03, Renzo Davoli wrote:
> > >
> > > This flag adds support for modifying the tracee's instruction pointer.
> > >
> > > To do this, the tracer stores the new instruction pointer value in the
> > > instruction_pointer field of the ptrace_syscall_info structure and
> > > sets the PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_FLAG_SET_IP flag in the flags field.
> >
> > But why? Who will use this feature and for what? How often?
> >
> > I think the changelog should be more convincing...
>
> I'll add this to V3 cover letter.

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OK, but I'd suggest to add this to the changelog of the patch which adds
PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_FLAG_SET_IP

And in fact, I'd I also suggest to send 3-5 as a separate series...

Oleg.