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ptrace and big kernel lock

July 9, 2008 - 5:58am
Submitted by Anonymous on July 9, 2008 - 5:58am.
Linux

ptrace() system call used Big Kernel Lock (BKL). but I think it is unnecessary overhead to the system while we can protect task_struct fields with spinlocks itself. what do you say ?

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