Re: Pthreads, linux, gdb, oh my! (and ptrace must die!)

2000-12-13 Thread David Wagner
Mike Coleman wrote: >My limited mental abilities notwithstanding, I think this is one more reason >to ditch ptrace for a better method of process tracing/control. It's served >up to this point, but ptrace has a fundamental flaw, which is that it tries to >do a lot of interprocess signalling and

Re: Pthreads, linux, gdb, oh my! (and ptrace must die!)

2000-12-13 Thread Mike Coleman
Mark Kettenis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, the "zombie problem" is caused by the way ptrace() interacts > with clone()/exit()/wait(), which I consider to be a kernel bug. [insightful analysis omitted] I think you've hit the nail on the head, and I'm a bit frustrated that I never noticed