linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] proc: fixup test for read

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Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:28:35 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] proc: fixup test for read

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:21:47 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> /proc/kmsg can and will block if read under root.
> 

This fixes
proc-shotgun-test-read-readdir-readlink-a-little-write.patch.  It helps
to point that out, so that reviewers won't be scrambling around
asking wtf.