[Bugme-new] [Bug 4207] New: ptrace system call is unreliable

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http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4207

           Summary: ptrace system call is unreliable
    Kernel Version: 2.6.6, 2.6.9
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
             Owner: process_other at kernel-bugs.osdl.org
         Submitter: kernel at pkts.ca


Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Hardware Environment: P3 700Mhz laptop
Software Environment: C program
Problem Description: ptrace system call is unreliable

Steps to reproduce: Write a short program to test ptrace, start a test program
(sleep 1000000 &), use ptrace test program on it, get "ptrace(PTRACE_SYSCALL):
No such process" randomly.

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