linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] posix_timer: move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down in timer

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Date:	Tue, 18 May 2010 08:53:14 +0200
From:	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>,
	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] posix_timer: move copy_to_user(created_timer_id)
 down in timer_create

On Mon, 17 May 2010 21:18:08 +0400
Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org> wrote:

> According to Oleg Nesterov:
> We can move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down after
> "if (timer_event_spec)" block too. (but before CLOCK_DISPATCH(),
> of course).

I'm not sure what for Oleg want that change, I'm not seeing any value of
it. I think patch should be dropped.

Thanks
Stanislaw
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