From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 1 19: 8:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9A9137B503; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 19:07:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f122vI221856; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 02:57:18 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 02:57:17 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/24035: ptrace(2) PT_STEP incorrect documentation Message-ID: <20010202025717.A21835@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> References: <200101030505.f0355T675218@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200101030505.f0355T675218@freefall.freebsd.org>; from bnjf@optushome.com.au on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 09:05:29PM -0800 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Folks, On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 09:05:29PM -0800, bnjf@optushome.com.au wrote: > >Number: 24035 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: ptrace(2) PT_STEP incorrect documentation > >Description: > > in the man pge > PT_STEP The traced process is single stepped one instruction. The > addr and data fields are not used. > > this is a lie. you must feed ptrace() a valid value for addr, just like > PT_CONTINUE ? I've poked through ptrace.S, but it's been a long time since I did any assembler, and when I did, it was 6502. . . N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message