linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] remove GPL restriction from set

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Date:	Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:36:44 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove GPL restriction from set_dumpable()

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:04:31 +0200 (CEST)
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:

> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> 
> remove GPL restriction from set_dumpable()
> 
> Commit 6c5d5238 introduced a set_dumpable() function that replaced
> the direct access to mm_struct->dumpable. I don't think there is any
> reason to restrict this function to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() -- previously
> any module could modify current->mm->dumpable without any
> resitrictions, so it makes a little sense to turn this into 'internal
> interface' at once.
> 

but modules really have no business setting process's dumpable flags...
other than very internal modules.
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