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Oleg Nesterov 00cd5c37af ptrace: permit ptracing of /sbin/init 
Afaics, currently there are no kernel problems with ptracing init, it can't
lose SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE flag and be killed/stopped by accident.

The ability to strace/debug init can be very useful if you try to figure out
why it does not work as expected.

However, admin should know what he does, "gdb /sbin/init 1" stops init, it
can't reap orphaned zombies or take care of /etc/inittab until continued.  It
is even possible to crash init (and thus the whole system) if you wish,
ptracer has full control.

See also the long discussion: http://marc.info/?t=120628018600001

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:38 -07:00
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irq kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
power PM/gxfb: add hook to PM console layer that allows disabling of suspend VT switch 2008-04-28 08:58:36 -07:00
time kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
.gitignore Update kernel/.gitignore with new auto-generated files 2008-02-09 23:27:01 -08:00
acct.c bsd_acct: using task_struct->tgid is not right in pid-namespaces 2008-03-24 19:22:20 -07:00
audit_tree.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
audit.c [patch 2/2] Use find_task_by_vpid in audit code 2008-04-28 06:28:30 -04:00
audit.h [PATCH 1/2] audit: move extern declarations to audit.h 2008-04-28 06:28:04 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge branch 'audit.b50' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current 2008-04-29 11:41:22 -07:00
auditsc.c [PATCH] new predicate - AUDIT_FILETYPE 2008-04-28 06:28:37 -04:00
backtracetest.c x86: add a simple backtrace test module 2008-01-30 13:33:08 +01:00
bounds.c Add kbuild.h that contains common definitions for kbuild users 2008-04-29 08:06:29 -07:00
capability.c Add 64-bit capability support to the kernel 2008-02-05 09:44:20 -08:00
cgroup_debug.c CGroup API files: move "releasable" to cgroup_debug subsystem 2008-04-29 08:06:09 -07:00
cgroup.c cgroups: add an owner to the mm_struct 2008-04-29 08:06:10 -07:00
compat.c signals: add set_restore_sigmask 2008-04-30 08:29:37 -07:00
configs.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
cpu.c simplify cpu_hotplug_begin()/put_online_cpus() 2008-04-29 08:06:11 -07:00
cpuset.c Cpuset hardwall flag: add a mem_hardwall flag to cpusets 2008-04-29 08:06:11 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c ptrace: introduce ptrace_reparented() helper 2008-04-30 08:29:38 -07:00
extable.c module: Don't report discarded init pages as kernel text. 2008-01-29 17:13:18 +11:00
fork.c signals: microoptimize the usage of ->curr_target 2008-04-30 08:29:35 -07:00
futex_compat.c futex_compat __user annotation 2008-03-30 14:18:41 -07:00
futex.c NULL noise: fs/*, mm/*, kernel/* 2008-03-30 14:18:41 -07:00
hrtimer.c hrtimer: raise softirq unlocked to avoid circular lock dependency 2008-04-28 22:22:21 +02:00
itimer.c ITIMER_REAL: convert to use struct pid 2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
kallsyms.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
Kconfig.hz sched: high-res preemption tick 2008-01-25 21:08:29 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt rcu: move PREEMPT_RCU config option back under PREEMPT 2008-03-10 18:01:20 -07:00
kexec.c vmcoreinfo: add page flags values 2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
kfifo.c
kgdb.c kgdb: always use icache flush for sw breakpoints 2008-04-17 20:05:43 +02:00
kmod.c generic: use new set_cpus_allowed_ptr function 2008-04-19 19:44:58 +02:00
kprobes.c kprobes: add (un)register_jprobes for batch registration 2008-04-28 08:58:32 -07:00
ksysfs.c Kobject: convert remaining kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
kthread.c kthread: call wake_up_process() without the lock being held 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
lockdep.c Subject: lockdep: include all lock classes in all_lock_classes 2008-02-25 23:03:02 +01:00
Makefile sysctl: allow embedded targets to disable sysctl_check.c 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
marker.c kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
module.c kernel: Remove unnecessary inclusions of asm/semaphore.h 2008-04-18 22:17:04 -04:00
mutex-debug.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
mutex.h
notifier.c ipc: re-enable msgmni automatic recomputing msgmni if set to negative 2008-04-29 08:06:13 -07:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: kernel/ns_cgroup.c should #include <linux/nsproxy.h> 2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
nsproxy.c ipc: sysvsem: refuse clone(CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_NEWIPC) 2008-04-29 08:06:14 -07:00
panic.c Taint kernel after WARN_ON(condition) 2008-04-29 08:05:59 -07:00
params.c Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use them 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
pid_namespace.c kernel: fix integer as NULL pointer warnings 2008-04-28 17:29:18 -07:00
pid.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
pm_qos_params.c pm qos infrastructure and interface 2008-02-05 09:44:22 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-timers: fix shadowed variables 2008-04-17 12:22:30 +02:00
posix-timers.c signals: join send_sigqueue() with send_group_sigqueue() 2008-04-30 08:29:36 -07:00
printk.c isolate ratelimit from printk.c for other use 2008-04-29 08:06:06 -07:00
profile.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: permit ptracing of /sbin/init 2008-04-30 08:29:38 -07:00
rcuclassic.c Preempt-RCU: implementation 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcupdate.c rcupdate: fix comment 2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
rcupreempt_trace.c Preempt-RCU: implementation 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcupreempt.c generic: reduce stack pressure in sched_affinity 2008-04-19 19:44:59 +02:00
rcutorture.c kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
relay.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2008-04-29 08:18:03 -07:00
res_counter.c memcgroup: add the max_usage member on the res_counter 2008-04-29 08:06:10 -07:00
resource.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h Don't operate with pid_t in rtmutex tester 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.c Don't operate with pid_t in rtmutex tester 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c Driver core: change sysdev classes to use dynamic kobject names 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
rtmutex.c hrtimer: more hrtimer_init_sleeper() fallout. 2008-02-13 15:45:36 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_debug.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
sched_fair.c sched: debug: show a weight tree 2008-04-19 19:45:00 +02:00
sched_features.h sched: /debug/sched_features 2008-04-19 19:45:00 +02:00
sched_idletask.c sched: high-res preemption tick 2008-01-25 21:08:29 +01:00
sched_rt.c sched: rt-group: optimize dequeue_rt_stack 2008-04-19 19:45:00 +02:00
sched_stats.h cpumask: use new cpus_scnprintf function 2008-04-19 19:44:59 +02:00
sched.c CGroups _s64 files: use read_s64/write_s64 in CFS cgroup for rt_runtime file 2008-04-29 08:06:09 -07:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c Improve semaphore documentation 2008-04-17 10:43:01 -04:00
signal.c signals: add set_restore_sigmask 2008-04-30 08:29:37 -07:00
softirq.c tasklets: execute tasklets in the same order they were queued 2008-04-19 19:44:58 +02:00
softlockup.c softlockup: fix task state setting 2008-02-29 18:46:53 +01:00
spinlock.c spinlock: lockbreak cleanup 2008-01-30 13:31:20 +01:00
srcu.c make srcu_readers_active() static 2008-02-06 10:41:02 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/juhl/trivial 2008-04-21 16:36:46 -07:00
sys_ni.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
sys.c k_getrusage: don't take rcu_read_lock() 2008-04-30 08:29:34 -07:00
sysctl_check.c constify tables in kernel/sysctl_check.c 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
sysctl.c sysctl: add the ->permissions callback on the ctl_table_root 2008-04-29 08:06:23 -07:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c kprobes: kretprobe user entry-handler 2008-02-06 10:41:11 -08:00
time.c kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
timeconst.pl timeconst.pl: correct reversal of USEC_TO_HZ and HZ_TO_USEC 2008-02-12 14:29:26 -08:00
timer.c timers: simplify lockdep handling 2008-04-17 12:22:31 +02:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c asmlinkage_protect replaces prevent_tail_call 2008-04-10 17:28:26 -07:00
user_namespace.c eCryptfs: make key module subsystem respect namespaces 2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
user.c keys: don't generate user and user session keyrings unless they're accessed 2008-04-29 08:06:17 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
wait.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
workqueue.c cleanup_workqueue_thread: remove the unneeded "cpu" parameter 2008-04-29 08:06:11 -07:00