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Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:07:11 -0500
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@...oo.it>
Cc:	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 04/11] uml - hostfs: avoid possible escapes from hostfs=.

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 11:59:13PM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote:
> I gave a look, and it's nice. Except that maybe "escapes_jail" would be a 
> clearer name (there's confusion about the subject of "escaping").

Feel free to change the name.

> Also, what about concurrent UML threads caring about current directory? I
> know that without SMP/preemption we can't have this problem, but
> when I see this I count a future bug unless this is checked (I think I
> reason mathematically about correctness, even if not formally).

Good point, yes this does need fixing for SMP.

				Jeff

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