netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Don't pass current->pid to functions expecting a netlink portid

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Date:	Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:03:19 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Don't pass current->pid to functions expecting a netlink portid


Ignore this patch.  The issue is real this fix is wrong.

> diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
> index 4801c81..d7bfd27 100644
> --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
> +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
> @@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ static int xfrm_add_pol_expire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
>  		// reset the timers here?
>  		WARN(1, "Dont know what to do with soft policy expire\n");
>  	}
> -	km_policy_expired(xp, p->dir, up->hard, current->pid);
> +	km_policy_expired(xp, p->dir, up->hard, 0);
>  
>  out:
>  	xfrm_pol_put(xp);
> @@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ static int xfrm_add_sa_expire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
>  	err = -EINVAL;
>  	if (x->km.state != XFRM_STATE_VALID)
>  		goto out;
> -	km_state_expired(x, ue->hard, current->pid);
> +	km_state_expired(x, ue->hard, 0);
>  
>  	if (ue->hard) {
>  		uid_t loginuid = audit_get_loginuid(current);
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