Thu Jan 26 01:04:24 2017 UTC ()
Update TODO.ptrace

Drop:
 - add ATF tests for PIOD_READ_AUXV

Add new entry:
 - research what happens when a tracee masks signals (including SIGTRAP)
   and a breakpoint is triggered

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(kamil)
diff -r1.11 -r1.12 src/doc/TODO.ptrace
cvs diff -r1.11 -r1.12 src/doc/Attic/TODO.ptrace (expand / switch to unified diff)

--- src/doc/Attic/TODO.ptrace 2017/01/14 01:36:28 1.11
+++ src/doc/Attic/TODO.ptrace 2017/01/26 01:04:23 1.12
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@ @@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
1$NetBSD: TODO.ptrace,v 1.11 2017/01/14 01:36:28 kamil Exp $ 1$NetBSD: TODO.ptrace,v 1.12 2017/01/26 01:04:23 kamil Exp $
2 2
3Items we (currently) plan to finish in the ptrace(2) field: 3Items we (currently) plan to finish in the ptrace(2) field:
4 4
5 - verify ppid of core dump generated with PT_DUMPCORE 5 - verify ppid of core dump generated with PT_DUMPCORE
6 it must point to the real parent, not tracer 6 it must point to the real parent, not tracer
7 - adapt OpenBSD regress test (regress/sys/ptrace/ptrace.c) for the ATF context 7 - adapt OpenBSD regress test (regress/sys/ptrace/ptrace.c) for the ATF context
8 - add new ptrace(2) calls to lock (suspend) and unlock LWP within a process 8 - add new ptrace(2) calls to lock (suspend) and unlock LWP within a process
9 - add PT_DUMPCORE tests in the ATF framework 9 - add PT_DUMPCORE tests in the ATF framework
10 - add ATF tests for PT_WRITE_I and PIOD_WRITE_I - test mprotect restrictions 10 - add ATF tests for PT_WRITE_I and PIOD_WRITE_I - test mprotect restrictions
11 - add ATF tests for PIOD_READ_AUXV 
12 - once the API for hardware watchpoints will stabilize, document it 11 - once the API for hardware watchpoints will stabilize, document it
13 - add tests for the procfs interface covering all functions available on the 12 - add tests for the procfs interface covering all functions available on the
14 same level as ptrace(2) 13 same level as ptrace(2)
15 - add support for PT_STEP, PT_GETREGS, PT_SETREGS, PT_GETFPREGS, PT_SETFPREGS 14 - add support for PT_STEP, PT_GETREGS, PT_SETREGS, PT_GETFPREGS, PT_SETFPREGS
16 in all ports 15 in all ports
17 - integrate all ptrace(2) features in gdb 16 - integrate all ptrace(2) features in gdb
18 - add ptrace(2) NetBSD support in LLDB 17 - add ptrace(2) NetBSD support in LLDB
19 - add proper implementation of PTRACE_VFORK for vfork(2)-like events 18 - add proper implementation of PTRACE_VFORK for vfork(2)-like events
20 - remove exect(3) - there is no usecase for it 19 - remove exect(3) - there is no usecase for it
21 - refactor pthread_dbg(3) to only query private pthread_t data, otherwise it 20 - refactor pthread_dbg(3) to only query private pthread_t data, otherwise it
22 duplicates ptrace(2) interface and cannot cover all types of threads 21 duplicates ptrace(2) interface and cannot cover all types of threads
 22 - research what happens when a tracee masks signals (including SIGTRAP) and a
 23 breakpoint is triggered
23 - add ATF tests for SIGCHLD 24 - add ATF tests for SIGCHLD
24 - add ATF tests for PT_SYSCALL and PT_SYSCALLEMU 25 - add ATF tests for PT_SYSCALL and PT_SYSCALLEMU
25 26
26and of course: fix as many bugs as possible. 27and of course: fix as many bugs as possible.
27 28
28Features in ELF, DWARF, CTF, DTrace are out of scope of the above list. 29Features in ELF, DWARF, CTF, DTrace are out of scope of the above list.