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Date:	Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:32:43 -0600
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, serge@...lyn.com, oleg@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [MAILER-DAEMON@...l.linuxfoundation.org: Undelivered Mail
 Returned to Sender]

...
> > Would you prefer something like:
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
> > +static inline void fixup_uid(struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
> > +{
> > +       if (current_user_ns() == task_cred_xxx(t, user_ns))
> > +               return;
> > +
> > +       if (SI_FROMKERNEL(info))
> > +               return;
> > +
> > +       info->si_uid = user_ns_map_uid(task_cred_xxx(t, user_ns),
> > +                                       current_cred(), info->si_uid);
> > +}
> > +#else
> > +static inline void fixup_uid(struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
> > +{
> > +               return;
> > +}
> > +#endif
> >
> > ?  It's less sneaky at least.
> 
> Very much.  The current version looks like a bug.

Thanks, I'll switch to that and hopefully resend the set soon.

-serge
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