linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] set*uid() must not fail-and-return on OOM/rlimits

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Message-ID: <44E88DC3.7000708@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:28:51 -0700
From:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
CC:	Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>,
	Alex Riesen <fork0@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Willy Tarreau <wtarreau@...a.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] set*uid() must not fail-and-return on OOM/rlimits

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> sounds like a good argument to get the setuid functions marked
> __must_check in glibc...

There are too many false positives.  E.g., in a SUID binaries switching
back from a non-root UID to root will not fail.  Very common.

-- 
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖


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