Re: PATCH(?): linux-2.4.4-pre2: fork should run child first

[�ric Brunet]

In ens.mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote:
>
>I believe it allows the debugger to start the process to be debugged.
>
Well, the debugger simply needs to do something like

        pid_t child = fork();
        if (child == 0) {
                ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME,0,0,0);
                execve(the_debugged_process,args,env);
        }

It is more portable, more traditionnal and works very well.

Éric Brunet
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