Document SIGTRAP with si_code TRAP_CHLD in ptrace(2)
Document the current behavior of TRAP_CHILD in NetBSD. Add more notes on PTRACE_FORK events. Sponsored by <The NetBSD Foundation>
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.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.50 2017/01/07 05:51:14 kamil Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: ptrace.2,v 1.51 2017/01/11 07:31:14 kamil Exp $
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.\"
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.\" This file is in the public domain.
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.Dd January 7, 2016
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.Dd January 11, 2016
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.Dt PTRACE 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Fn ptrace
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is the mechanism by which all this happens.
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.Pp
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When a process that is traced by a debugger request and calls
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When a process that is traced by a debugger requests and calls
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.Xr execve 2
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or any of the routines built on it
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.Po
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.Dv si_code
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set to
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.Dv TRAP_TRACE .
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This event is always enabled and cannot be disabled.
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.Pp
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Child program traps are reported with
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.Dv SIGTRAP
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and the
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.Dv si_code
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value set to
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.Dv TRAP_CHLD .
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These events are by default disabled and can be configured with
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.Dv PT_SET_EVENT_MASK .
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If this event occurs,
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check with
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.Dv PT_GET_PROCESS_STATE
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the details of the process state associated with this event.
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.Pp
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A debugger might reuse a port specific symbols,
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to help writing portable code as described in the port specific part of the
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.Xr fork 2 .
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr fork 2
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event can occur with similar operations,
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like
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.Xr clone 2
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or
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.Xr posix_spawn 2 .
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The
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.Dv PTRACE_FORK
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value means that process gives birth to its child
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without pending on its termination.
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If enabled,
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the child is also traced by the debugger and
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.Dv SIGRAP
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is generated twice,
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first for the parent and second for the child.
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.Pp
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A pointer to this structure is passed in
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.Fa addr .
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The
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