linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SYSVIPC - Fix the ipc structures initialization

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Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:22:43 +0100
From:	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
To:	Nadia.Derbey@...l.net
CC:	cboulte@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SYSVIPC - Fix the ipc structures initialization

Nadia.Derbey@...l.net wrote:
> Index: linux-2.6.27/ipc/util.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.27.orig/ipc/util.c	2008-10-23 15:20:46.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.27/ipc/util.c	2008-10-28 16:52:17.000000000 +0100
> @@ -266,9 +266,17 @@ int ipc_addid(struct ipc_ids* ids, struc
>  	if (ids->in_use >= size)
>  		return -ENOSPC;
>  
> +	spin_lock_init(&new->lock);
> +	new->deleted = 0;
>   
Is "new->deleted = 0" still necessary?
Acquiring the lock should be sufficient.

--
    Manfred
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