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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
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Subject: Re: (interposers): How to workaround the "strong symbols" problem?
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:42:17 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-20, Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
> In article <vmlmkp$36kmo$1@dont-email.me>,
> Kalevi Kolttonen <kalevi@kolttonen.fi> wrote:
>>Muttley@dastardlyhq.org wrote:
>>> On a slight tangent, does anyone know of a good
>>> reference for how to use the ptrace() call on
>>> Linux? The man page is somewhat obtuse.
>>
>>Just guessing, but I can only think of reading
>>gdb source code.
>
> Or strace.

Since ptrace is something implemented in the kernel, a peek at that
could also be useful, where the documentation is lacking.

This site is very nice for hyperlinked, cross-indexed browsing,
featuring pretty much every version of the kernel, ever, 
from linux 0.01 to current (6.13.x, presently).

https://elixir.bootlin.com/

You can jump to uses and definitions of identifiers and such.
I use this as a resource in the context of embedded work.

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