On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:59:50AM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > While the change in -f implementation to use PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG&Co is major
> > internal change, I'm not sure how to "sell" it to regular users.
> > All I could think of is to write a NEWS entry like this:
> > * Implemented a new method of following clone, fork, and vfork
> >   syscalls using Linux PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG interface.
> 
> If one were to refer to a Linux symbol name, I would say PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE.
> But I would be inclined to say something slightly less technical, like "using
> the Linux kernel's explicit facilities for tracing thread and child
> creation".

Thanks.  So, let it be 4.6 then?


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