PTRACE_KILL doesn't (2.5.44 and others)

Werner Almesberger (wa@almesberger.net)
Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:51:26 -0300

If the process being ptraced is running, PTRACE_KILL will have no
effect. I've seen this in 2.5.44, and the code in 2.4.18 and 2.5.66
seems to be equivalent.

According to the ptrace(2) man page (as of man-pages-1.56),
PTRACE_KILL doesn't require the process to be stopped for this to
work.

Who is right ?

- Werner

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