linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] signal: Make the si_code check in rt

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:40:45 +0100
From:	"Amanieu d'Antras" <amanieu@...il.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] signal: Make the si_code check in rt_[tg]sigqueueinfo stricter

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> I agree, this doesn't look right... But I'm afraid it is too late to
> change this, this logic predates the git history.
>
> And unless I missed something copy_siginfo_to_user32() assumes that
> "from" was filled by copy_siginfo_from_user32(), but this is not true
> if the sender is 64bit task. And this all doesn't match the behaviour
> with 32bit kernel.
>
> Personally, I think we should leave this ancient code alone. But I
> agree that something like below looks right... I dunno.

I am currently working on another patch set that updates
copy_siginfo_{to,from}_user32 to match the behavior of 32-bit kernels.
I will fix the si_code encoding there with a change similar to yours.

Amanieu d'Antras
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