From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:59:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:59:45 -0500 Received: from web20809.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.226.198]:22537 "HELO web20809.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:59:33 -0500 Message-ID: <20020331005932.50830.qmail@web20809.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 16:59:32 -0800 (PST) From: George Kola To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org We are working on a project to implement Solaris-sytle process control in Linux /proc. Previous disscussions have suggested such process control is desirable, but we could not find any actual implementation. The primary features we are implementing are the following: * Transparent control: Attaching to a process will not change behavior of the process until directed. Unlike ptrace, we will not munge the parent pointer in a process. * Selective tracing of signals and syscalls. * Multiple attaching processes. Multiple cooperating tracing programs can attach to a single process. These features have been long felt need of the paradyn project (www.cs.wisc.edu/paradyn). We want the feedback of the community on this work. -George __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/