linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt: Make vt_pid a struct pid (making it pid wrap around safe).

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Message-ID: <20060911151258.GA82@oleg>
Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:12:58 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: Make vt_pid a struct pid (making it pid wrap around safe).

On 09/10, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> The patch:
> [PATCH] vt: Rework the console spawning variables.
> is fine.
> 
> The patch:
> [PATCH] vt: Make vt_pid a struct pid (making it pid wrap around safe).
> which uses xchg() is racy, and needs to be fixed.

Yes, I think so.

Oleg.

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