2.4.x, can't ptrace a task created with clone() ?

Tested with 4.2.20 and 2.4.21-pre3, after PTRACE_ATTACHing to a process I created with clone(), wait() returns ECHILD . strace of the parent shows

clone(child_stack=0x80599a8, flags=CLONE_VM) = 1292 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
nanosleep({5, 0}, {5, 0}) = 0
ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, 1292, 0, 0) = 0
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) ---
wait4(-1, 0xbffffbf0, 0, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
write(2, "waitpid: No child processes\n", 28) = 28

If I replace the clone in my test program with a fork, everything works as I expected. Is this a bug, or are my expectations at fault? if the latter, how _do_ I attach to one of my cloned children?

Here's the test program I've been using:

#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/user.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

void child(void *d)

{
    int foo;
    fprintf(stderr,"child stack is somewhere around 0x%x\n",&foo);
    while(1){
	fprintf(stderr, "still here\n");
	sleep(3);
    }
}

main()

{
    pid_t kid;
    int waitr;
    struct user_regs_struct regs;

    kid=clone(child,SIGSTKSZ*8+malloc(SIGSTKSZ*8), CLONE_VM ,0);  
    /* kid=fork(); */
    if(kid<0) perror("clone");
    if(kid==0) child(0);
    sleep(5);
    if(kid>0) {
	if(ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH,kid,0,0)) perror("PTRACE_ATTACH");
	if(wait(&waitr)==-1) {
	    perror("waitpid");
	    exit(1);
	}
	if(ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS,kid,0,&regs)) perror("PTRACE_GETREGS");
	fprintf(stderr,"child stack pointer is 0x%x\n",regs.esp);
	if(ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH,kid,0,0)) perror("PTRACE_DETACH");
	kill(kid,15);

}
}

libc 2.3.1, in case that makes a difference. Let me know if there's anything else you wanted to ask

-dan

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You did attach. But if you want to wait for a cloned child, you need to use __WCLONE or __WALL.

Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer