linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] CLONE_PARENT shouldn't allow to set ->exit

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Date:	Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:25:51 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...ndz.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>,
	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>,
	"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] CLONE_PARENT shouldn't allow to set ->exit_signal

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> +       if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
> +               p->exit_signal = -1;
> +       else if (clone_flags & CLONE_PARENT)
> +               p->exit_signal = current->group_leader->exit_signal;
> +       else
> +               p->exit_signal = (clone_flags & CSIGNAL);

So why is it "current->group_leader->exit_signal" rather than the much
more logical (imho) and simpler "current->exit_signal"?

                      Linus
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