From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752104Ab1A0PqJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:46:09 -0500 Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.213.174]:36863 "EHLO mail-yx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751012Ab1A0PqI (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:46:08 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=x2UH0Onvn3khoG2aPWSB7XfcDa3NWXMPCLs0OZmkNXnFry0/TO/AM6oAlFwETa5otI 5kAGIzm5R3zuU4XfioubFgsPtYNAAj1nYA6u9N9OGyWXiXrnkXHL04ywpZOR8qxxD9Qk Gh6Em4WnYBRcX71G9tVGgWgGfh9DaDc7RdmoU= Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:46:00 +0100 From: Tejun Heo To: Roland McGrath Cc: oleg@redhat.com, jan.kratochvil@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCHSET RFC] ptrace,signal: clean transition between STOPPED and TRACED Message-ID: <20110127154600.GE24925@htj.dyndns.org> References: <1293199257-11255-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <20110118021417.D347A1807B7@magilla.sf.frob.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110118021417.D347A1807B7@magilla.sf.frob.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 06:14:17PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote: > Oh, and for any kind of ptrace changes, please always run the whole > ptrace-tests suite before and after. That is by no means an exhaustive > test that you haven't introduced new problems. But if you introduce > regressions in that suite, it is quite like that you are causing problems > for existing ptrace users like gdb (even if some tests were racy before, > if the real-world practical results change, it could be a problem). > > http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests has the pointers. Alright, will try to do that. Thanks. -- tejun