linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 4/5] user namespaces: allow killing tasks in your own or child userns

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Date:	Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:22:19 +0000
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <michael.kerrisk@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 4/5] user namespaces: allow killing tasks in your own or
 child userns

Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@...ssion.com):
> >> >  	cred = current_cred();
> >> >  	tcred = __task_cred(t);
> >> Nit pick  you don't need to compute cred and tcred here now.
> >
> > Just to make sure I understand right: you mean wait until after the
> > same_thread_group() check to save calculation in that case, right?
> 
> I mean cred and tcred are only use in kill_ok_by_cred.
> So we can eliminate those two variables from check_kill_permission.

D'oh.  Should've looked at the original tree, not the context.  Got it,
thanks.

-serge
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