On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 09:35:32AM +0200, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > * Adam ENDRODI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030423 07:59]: > > > > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0303.2/0226.html > > > http://sinuspl.net/ptrace/ > > Can you tell me whether these patches are the ones which were > > known to break something? > > I didn't heard of a patch to break something, yet. The second one > applied clean, and I didn't encountered any problems on four different > machines. > Did I miss something?
There've been some problems, I'm afraid. Here's what I've found in the archives of lkml: Thread ``Oops: ptrace fix buggy'': http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104971858600001&r=1&w=2 Thread ``ptrace patch side-effects on 2.4.x'': http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104971764200001&r=1&w=2 Thread ``ptrace fix changes output of ps ax'': http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104968425100002&r=1&w=2 Thread ``after ptrace patch'': http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104948324000003&r=1&w=2 Especially http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=focus-linux&m=104990668007208&w=2 : # Yes, the most annoying side effect of the ptrace patch is that it broke # the ability to strace a non-root process. Very secure, but it makes # troubleshooting quite difficult. The most sensible workaround I've heard is disabling kmod (CONFIG_KMOD=n). bit, adam -- 1024D/37B8D989 954B 998A E5F5 BA2A 3622 82DD 54C2 843D 37B8 D989 finger://[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Some days, my soul's confined http://www.keyserver.net | And out of mind Sleep forever