From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:40:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:40:14 -0500 Received: from almesberger.net ([63.105.73.239]:6925 "EHLO host.almesberger.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:40:14 -0500 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:51:26 -0300 From: Werner Almesberger To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: PTRACE_KILL doesn't (2.5.44 and others) Message-ID: <20030330205126.G7414@almesberger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org If the process being ptraced is running, PTRACE_KILL will have no effect. I've seen this in 2.5.44, and the code in 2.4.18 and 2.5.66 seems to be equivalent. According to the ptrace(2) man page (as of man-pages-1.56), PTRACE_KILL doesn't require the process to be stopped for this to work. Who is right ? - Werner -- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, Buenos Aires, Argentina wa@almesberger.net / /_http://www.almesberger.net/____________________________________________/