Re: ptrace group stop signal number not reset before PTRACE_INTERRUPT is delivered?

[Keno Fischer]

Hi Oleg,

I have another obscure ptrace question which seems somewhat related,
so let me ask it here.
Consider this:

```
static int sigchld_counter = 0;
void sigchld_handler(int sig) {
  (void)sig;
  sigchld_counter++;
}

int main(void) {
  signal(SIGCHLD, sigchld_handler);

  pid_t child;
  if (0 == (child = fork())) {
    raise(SIGSTOP);
    assert(0); // Should never be continued
  }

  // Wait until stopped
  int status;
  pid_t wret = waitpid(child, &status, __WALL | WSTOPPED);
  assert(wret == child);
  assert(WIFSTOPPED(status) && WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGSTOP);
  assert(sigchld_counter == 1);

  // Now PTRACE_SEIZE the child
  long err = ptrace(PTRACE_SEIZE, child, NULL, (void*)PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD);
  assert(err == 0);

  // Make sure that didn't cause a notification
  wret = waitpid(child, &status, __WALL | WSTOPPED | WNOHANG);
  assert(wret == 0);
  assert(sigchld_counter == 1);
}
```

I wouldn't have expected the PTRACE_SEIZE to generate another
SIGCHLD/be waitable again,
(the last two assertions fail).
Is that supposed to happen? If so, I'd like to update the man page to
mention this behavior, but
I wanted to check with you first.

Thanks,
Keno


On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08/18, Keno Fischer wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > And you if you get PTRACE_EVENT_STOP and WSTOPSIG() == SIGTTIN after
>> > PTRACE_INTERRUPT, you know that the tracee did not report the "new"
>> > SIGTTIN.
>>
>> It seems possible to remember whether or not we injected a stopping
>> signal and if so the next PTRACE_EVENT_STOP is a group-stop, otherwise
>> a PTRACE_INTERRUPT stop. Currently what I do is the other way around,
>> after issuing PTRACE_INTERRUPT, the first (if any) of the next two
>> stops that is a PTRACE_EVENT_STOP get interpreted as a
>> PTRACE_INTERRUPT stop. I haven't thought through this fully yet, so I
>> can't give you a concrete example I worried about, it just seems
>> fragile compared to just checking whether WSTOPSIG() == SIGTRAP.
>
> Yes, I see your point. And to remind, I was confused too.
>
> Perhaps we can add another THIS_SIGNAL_WAS_ALREADY_REPORTED bit, but
> you know, I'd prefer to avoid another subtle change in behaviour. You
> can never know if it is "safe" or not when it comes to ptrace, perhaps
> some application already relies on this WSTOPSIG().
>
> Oleg.
>