Re: [PATCH v6 00/27] ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request

2018-12-14 Thread Paul Moore
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 12:18 PM Dmitry V. Levin wrote: > PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO is a generic ptrace API that lets ptracer obtain > details of the syscall the tracee is blocked in. > > There are two reasons for a special syscall-related ptrace request. > > Firstly, with the current ptrace API the

[PATCH v6 00/27] ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request

2018-12-13 Thread Dmitry V. Levin
PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO is a generic ptrace API that lets ptracer obtain details of the syscall the tracee is blocked in. There are two reasons for a special syscall-related ptrace request. Firstly, with the current ptrace API there are cases when ptracer cannot retrieve necessary information abo