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From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptrace: do not use task->ptrace directly in core kernel
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> Yes this patch is only cosmetic. But it allows us to change the internals
> in ptrace.c without thinking about other kernel/*.c. The only goal is to
> make the further changes smaller and more reviewable.
> 
> Honestly, I'd also like to temporary change ptrace.c too, see the patch
> below. But this is minor.

All fine by me.


Thanks,
Roland