linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] mm, counters: remove task argument to sync_mm_rss and __sync_task_rss

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 8 Mar 2012 14:40:53 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] mm, counters: remove task argument to sync_mm_rss
 and __sync_task_rss_stat

On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:21:39 -0800 (PST)
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:

> sync_mm_rss() can only be used for current to avoid race conditions in
> iterating and clearing its per-task counters.  Remove the task argument
> for it and its helper function, __sync_task_rss_stat(), to avoid thinking
> it can be used safely for anything other than current.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/