linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 1/2] umh && creds: convert call_usermodehelper_keys() to use subprocess

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:23:25 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 1/2] umh && creds: convert
	call_usermodehelper_keys() to use subprocess_info->init()

On 02/26, David Howells wrote:
>
> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> > +	/*
> > +	 * This is called in context of freshly forked kthread before
> > +	 * kernel_execve(), we can just change our ->session_keyring.
> > +	 */
>
> Ummmm....  What gives you that idea?
>
> You may be sharing init_cred...

How? Without CLONE_THREAD copy_creds() always creates the new
struct cred for the child?

Oleg.

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