From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: oleg@redhat.com, jan.kratochvil@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] signal: fix premature completion of group stop when interfered by ptrace
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 21:44:05 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110202054405.D78AE183D88@magilla.sf.frob.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Tejun Heo's message of Monday, 31 January 2011 12:00:07 +0100 <20110131110007.GF7459@htj.dyndns.org>
> I have plans on separate out ptrace related stuff from task_struct so
> that they're allocate iff they're used which will save some tens of
> bytes on the task struct, so there at least is a plan to compensate
> for the added cruft.
My, that sounds familiar. Oleg and I have pursued that before, though
not in exactly the same context. It sure gets complicated quickly in
the corners. But we would still like to see it get done one way or
another.
> > But I'm not entirely convinced that we'll really need them when we
> > conclude on fully cleaning up the whole picture.
>
> I really don't know at this point. I tried to make it share one of
> the related fields but there needs to be a per-task field which is
> protected by siglock and there currently isn't any, so...
My point was that I am not yet convinced we'll need any new bookkeeping of
that sort once we fully work out the group-stop interactions. We're still
discussing that in the other threads. So we'll see where that goes.
Thanks,
Roland
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-02 5:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 161+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-28 15:08 [PATCHSET] ptrace,signal: group stop / ptrace updates Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 01/10] signal: fix SIGCONT notification code Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 02/10] ptrace: remove the extra wake_up_process() from ptrace_detach() Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 18:46 ` Roland McGrath
2011-01-31 10:38 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-01 10:26 ` [PATCH] ptrace: use safer wake up on ptrace_detach() Tejun Heo
2011-02-01 13:40 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-01 15:07 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-01 19:17 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-02 5:31 ` Roland McGrath
2011-02-02 10:35 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-02 0:27 ` Andrew Morton
2011-02-02 5:33 ` Roland McGrath
2011-02-02 5:38 ` Andrew Morton
2011-02-02 10:34 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-02 19:33 ` Andrew Morton
2011-02-02 20:01 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-02 21:40 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-02 5:29 ` Roland McGrath
2011-02-02 5:28 ` [PATCH 02/10] ptrace: remove the extra wake_up_process() from ptrace_detach() Roland McGrath
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 03/10] signal: remove superflous try_to_freeze() loop in do_signal_stop() Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 18:46 ` Roland McGrath
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 04/10] ptrace: kill tracehook_notify_jctl() Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 21:09 ` Roland McGrath
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 05/10] ptrace: add @why to ptrace_stop() Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 18:48 ` Roland McGrath
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 06/10] signal: fix premature completion of group stop when interfered by ptrace Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 21:22 ` Roland McGrath
2011-01-31 11:00 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-02 5:44 ` Roland McGrath [this message]
2011-02-02 10:56 ` Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 07/10] signal: use GROUP_STOP_PENDING to stop once for a single group stop Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 08/10] ptrace: participate in group stop from ptrace_stop() iff the task is trapping for " Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 21:30 ` Roland McGrath
2011-01-31 11:26 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-02 5:57 ` Roland McGrath
2011-02-02 10:53 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-03 10:02 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-01 19:36 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 09/10] ptrace: make do_signal_stop() use ptrace_stop() if the task is being ptraced Tejun Heo
2011-01-28 15:08 ` [PATCH 10/10] ptrace: clean transitions between TASK_STOPPED and TRACED Tejun Heo
2011-02-03 20:41 ` [PATCH 0/1] (Was: ptrace: clean transitions between TASK_STOPPED and TRACED) Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-03 20:41 ` [PATCH 1/1] ptrace: make sure do_wait() won't hang after PTRACE_ATTACH Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-03 21:36 ` Roland McGrath
2011-02-03 21:44 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-04 10:53 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-04 13:04 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-04 14:48 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-04 17:06 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-05 13:39 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-07 13:42 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-07 14:11 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-07 15:37 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-07 16:31 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-07 17:48 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-09 14:18 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-09 14:21 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-09 21:25 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-13 23:01 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 9:03 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-14 11:39 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 17:32 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 16:01 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-26 3:59 ` Pavel Machek
2011-02-14 15:51 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 14:50 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-14 18:53 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-13 22:25 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 15:13 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-14 16:15 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 16:33 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-14 17:23 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 17:20 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 17:30 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-14 17:45 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 17:54 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-21 15:16 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-21 15:28 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-21 16:11 ` [pseudo patch] ptrace should respect the group stop Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-22 16:24 ` [PATCH 1/1] ptrace: make sure do_wait() won't hang after PTRACE_ATTACH Tejun Heo
2011-02-24 21:08 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-25 15:45 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-25 17:42 ` Roland McGrath
2011-02-28 15:23 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 17:51 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 18:55 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 19:01 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 19:42 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 20:01 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-15 15:24 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-15 15:58 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-15 17:31 ` Roland McGrath
2011-02-15 20:27 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-18 17:02 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-18 19:37 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-21 16:22 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-21 16:49 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-21 16:59 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-23 19:31 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-25 15:10 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-24 20:29 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-25 15:51 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-26 2:48 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-28 12:56 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-28 13:16 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-28 13:29 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-28 13:41 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-28 13:53 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-28 14:25 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-28 14:39 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-28 16:48 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-28 14:36 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-16 21:51 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-17 3:37 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-17 19:19 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-18 21:11 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-19 20:16 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-17 16:49 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-17 18:58 ` Roland McGrath
2011-02-17 19:33 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-18 21:34 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-19 20:06 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-20 9:40 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-20 17:06 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-20 17:48 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-20 19:10 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-20 19:16 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-20 17:16 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-20 18:52 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-20 20:38 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-20 21:06 ` `(T) stopped' preservation after _exit() [Re: [PATCH 1/1] ptrace: make sure do_wait() won't hang after PTRACE_ATTACH] Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-20 21:19 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-20 21:20 ` [PATCH 1/1] ptrace: make sure do_wait() won't hang after PTRACE_ATTACH Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-21 14:23 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-23 16:44 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-14 15:31 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 17:24 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 17:39 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 17:57 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 18:00 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 18:06 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 18:59 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-13 21:24 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 15:06 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 15:19 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-14 16:20 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-14 17:05 ` Denys Vlasenko
2011-02-14 17:18 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-28 16:54 ` [PATCHSET] ptrace,signal: group stop / ptrace updates Ingo Molnar
2011-01-28 17:41 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-01-28 18:04 ` Anca Emanuel
2011-01-28 18:36 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2011-01-28 17:55 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-28 18:29 ` Bash not reacting to Ctrl-C Ingo Molnar
2011-02-05 20:34 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-07 13:08 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-09 6:17 ` Michael Witten
2011-02-09 14:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-02-09 19:37 ` Michael Witten
2011-02-11 14:41 ` Pavel Machek
2011-03-05 10:36 [PATCHSET] ptrace,signal: group stop / ptrace updates, take#2 Tejun Heo
2011-03-05 10:37 ` [PATCH 06/10] signal: fix premature completion of group stop when interfered by ptrace Tejun Heo
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