Re: [linuxsh-dev] Ptrace

[Greg B. <gn...@al...>]

>On Aug 16,  2:01am, mj...@al... wrote:
>> Subject: Re: [linuxsh-dev] Ptrace
>>
>> David Mckay wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Is anybody doing any work on ptrace and strace?
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> Just a heads-up, Greg is working on the strace usermode
>> program at the moment.  It's quite funny - as he goes
>> through the existing source code, he groans and mutters.
>> It's pretty bad code, I think it could be used to frighten
>> small children.

  I'd say it's a dog's breakfast but that would insult dogs.

>
>He is obviously a lot braver than me. I started looking at that stuff and
>rapidly put it on my list marked "Things I hope somebody else does before
>I have to" :-)

  I volunteered because I'd had previous exposure to strace
when I wrote autodep
(http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/05/07/926058334.html)
which uses algorithms stolen from strace (and completely
rewritten for legibility).  However not only had I
forgotten how bad it was, but in the meanwhile it had
gained linux-mips, linux-arm and linux-s390 ports, all
adding extra layers of cruft.

Greg.
http://www.alphalink.com.au/