linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KEYS: Fix a race between negating a key and reading the error set

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Date:	Fri, 11 Oct 2013 23:51:46 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, jmorris@...ei.org,
	Scott Mayhew <smayhew@...hat.com>, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@...hat.com>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KEYS: Fix a race between negating a key and reading the error set

Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> wrote:

> > -		if (kflags & (1 << KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE))
> > +		if (kflags & (1 << KEY_FLAG_NEGATIVE)) {
> 
> Not specifically related to this bug, but why are you open-coding
> test_bit() here and elsewhere?

Because kflags is read once and kept in a variable.  Might not be necessary -
and I should probably use ACCESS_ONCE() when I do.

David
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